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Meeting with Family Members of Poor Substance Abusers
This meeting was held in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad Medical University, in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The purpose of the meeting was to teach participants how to support SUD family members.
Newly Elected ISSUP Pakistan President Mr. Bashir Ahmed Naz and Newly Elected Director Ms. Saima Asghar had a very productive meeting with Dr. Nadeem Ahmed, Psychiatrist at Sialkot in Pakistan
Respected Mr. Bashir Ahmed Naz newly elected President ISSUP Pakistan and Ms. Saima Asghar newly elected ISSUP Pakistan Director along with Mr. Muhammad Aslam President M A Jinnah Foundation (Regd), Sialkot visited Dr. Nadeem Ahmed Bajwa...
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19-01-2019 жылдары Гуджранваладағы Нигахбан орталығының атқарушы директоры Мехвиш Шахид ханым БАШИР НАЗ мырзамен (жаңадан сайланған президент) ПӘК, САЙМА ханыммен (жаңадан сайланған директор) және М.Асламмен жылы шыраймен қарсы алу және...
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National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
The National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week links students with scientists and other experts to counteract the myths about drugs and alcohol that teens get from the internet, social media, TV, movies, music, or from friends.
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Website: End of Life Care for People with Problematic Substance Use
This website offers resources developed from a two-year research programme on end of life care for people with alcohol and other drug problems. The research programme was the first of its kind to explore current practice and service...
#StigmaMakesMeFeel - Adfam's Campaign to Raise Awareness of Stigma Experienced by Families Affected by Substance Use
Adfam is launching a new campaign #StigmaMakesMeFeel, to tackle the stigma experienced by families affected by drugs and alcohol.
From societal attitudes about substance use to unhelpful remarks from friends, stigma is rife and causes...
Pricing of Tobacco Products During, and After, the Introduction of Plain Packaging
In 2016 the UK government introduced a policy that required factory-made cigarettes and roll your own tobacco to be sold in plain packaging with pictorial and text warnings.
However, there was reluctance from tobacco companies to “make the...
Prenatal Marijuana Use: Perspectives of Pregnant Women
Marijuana is the drug most commonly used by pregnant women. Understanding the beliefs, attitudes and experience of marijuana use during pregnancy will help practitioners design motivational intervention for women.

In a recent qualitative...
Интерактивті карта: Еуропалық Одақтағы медициналық каннабис
Еуропалық Одақ елдерінің басым көпшілігі фармацевтикалық сұрыпты шөп каннабисін өндіруге, сатуға, сақтауға, пайдалануға тыйым салды. Алайда ЕО елдерінің көпшілігі каннабис негізіндегі медицинаны, мысалы, Salivex-ті белгілі бір жағдайларда...
Treatment Gap, Help-Seeking, Stigma and Magnitude of Alcohol Use Disorder in Rural Ethiopia
Abstract
Background
Although alcohol use disorders contribute a high proportion of population disease burden, the treatment gap is large, especially in low- and middle-income countries. To narrow this gap, contextually relevant evidence...
Meeting with Mr. King Korean Coffee Owner on 19 January, 2019 at DFPF Office Karachi, Pakistan
Had a great meeting with Mr. King Korean Coffee owner on 19 January, 2019 at Drug Free Pakistan Foundation (DFPF) office in Karachi, Pakistan. Mr. King really appreciated our substance use prevention, treatment, engaging young people and...
2019 жылғы 18 қаңтарда Фархан Ахмад мырзаның Жастардың жаһандық белсендісі халықаралық жастар комитетімен үлкен кездесуі
АҚШ Елшілігі Пәкістанмен алмасу елшісі Ахмад Шах мырза 2019 жылғы 18 қаңтарда Пәкістанның Карачи қаласындағы Глория Жанның Синдхи Муслим қаласында өтетін Халықаралық жастар комитетінің (IYC) жаһандық жастар белсендісі Фархан Ахмад мырзамен...
Evaluation of State-Mandated Reporting of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome — Six States, 2013–2017
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
In 2014, in the United States, an infant with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) was born every 15 minutes. Historically, NAS surveillance has depended on hospital discharge data, frequently...
Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs — New York City, 2000–2017
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
During 1999–2017, the rate of drug overdose deaths nationally approximately tripled; approximately 70,000 overdose deaths occurred nationally in 2017, with nearly 68% involving an opioid.
W...
Opioid Prescribing Rates in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties among Primary Care Providers Using an Electronic Health Record System
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Opioid prescribing rates vary by county urbanization level and are declining overall.
What is added by this report?
Analysis of patient opioid prescription data from a national electronic...
Useful Meeting with Colombo Plan Representative on 18 January, 2019 in Karachi, Pakistan
Drug Free Pakistan Foundation staff had a great meeting with the Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific-Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) representative Mr. Mohammad Ayub Senior Advisor/Treatment...
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