Family check-up: positive parenting prevents the abuse of drugs
Recommendation for parents, with tips on parenting positive to prevent substance abuse. The material includes links to videos of examples.
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Questions about drugs aimed at teens challenge
National challenge on intelligence quotient (IG) about drugs and alcohol.
Using Technology-Based Therapeutic Tools in Behavioural Health Services
For anyone interested in digital health behaviour interventions this manual from SAMHSA will prove interesting. Exploring how technology-assisted care can be implemented, the value of technology based assessments and the ways in which the...
Drug Use Prevention Projects in Schools in Brazil: Quality Analysis and Improvement Proposals
Abstract
Adolescents living in vulnerable regions are more exposed to risk factors for drug use. The prevention of such use in school is a public policy that needs evaluation. Based on technical criteria and derived from a mixed research...
The demand for cigarettes and a tax increase in El Salvador
Aim: Analyze the elasticities of demand in the short and long term for cigarettes in El Salvador as a tool to support the recommendations on tax increases to reduce the prevalence and consumption by increasing prices.
Methods: Analyzed the...
Marijuana Facts for Teens
NIDA. (2015, May 14). Marijuana: Facts for Teens. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/marijuana-facts-teens on 2018, February 15
Did you know that teen marijuana use has dropped dramatically since the late 1990s? So, if...
Price Elasticity of Demand for Cigarettes and Alcohol in Ecuador
ABSTRACT
Objective: Estimate price elasticity of demand for cigarettes and alcohol in Ecuador using cross-sectional data from the National Survey of Urban and Rural Household Income and Expenditures (ENIGHUR, Spanish acronym) 2011-2012.
M...
Price elasticity of demand for cigarettes and alcohol, in Ecuador, with household data
OVERVIEW
Aim: To estimate the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes and alcohol in Ecuador, using cross-sectional data from the national survey of income and expenditure of urban and rural families (ENIGHUR) 2011-2012.
Methods: 2011...
Drug policy and the public good
Drug use has a significant impact on health published by illness, disability, and social problems, and the decision makers are increasingly interested in the development of evidence-based drug policy. Is fundamentanl to strengthen ties...
Trends in Adolescent Alcohol Use in the Netherlands
ABSTRACT
Background: From an international perspective, studying trends in adolescent alcohol use in the Netherlands is an important case study. Whereas Dutch adolescents topped the international rankings of alcohol consumption in the...
