The country office Pakistan of “United Nation Office on Drug & Crime” (UNODC) is happy to offer the Training of Trainers (ToT) on Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Advance course 9-15. We are inviting the application for ToT on following...
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health is a new international journal devoted to the rapid publication of authoritative papers on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), Addiction and associated health phenomena.
The Journal has a...
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a diverse group of substances that are linked with a number of health and social harms on an individual and societal level. NPS toxicity and dependence syndromes are recognised in primary care...
Importance In January 2020, Quebec raised the minimum legal age (MLA) for cannabis from 18 to 21 years. Evidence is needed to inform the ongoing debate on this policy. Although proponents believe that a higher MLA will protect...
Research has shown that alcohol use and common mental disorders co-occur; however, little is known about how the global prevalence of alcohol use compares across different mental disorders.
This review examined:
(i) report global...
The devastating impact of tobacco on the health of users is well known. In addition to the negative effects for the individual, there are significant economic and environmental consequences, which need to be considered when developing...
Abstract
Background
The use of naltrexone plus bupropion to treat methamphetamine use disorder has not been well studied.
Methods
We conducted this multisite, double-blind, two-stage, placebo-controlled trial with the use of a...
With the 42/112 Resolution of 7th December 1987, the General Assembly decided to observe 26th June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (World Drug Day) as an expression of its determination to strengthen...
Drug addiction is a public health crisis for which new treatments are urgently needed. In rare cases, regional brain damage can lead to addiction remission. These cases may be used to identify therapeutic targets for...
There is a strong shared association between smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol. This study aimed to compare smoking prevalence and smoking characteristics in drinkers who were versus were not at risk of alcohol...
Seminar on Role of Students against Drugs
GC University Lahore organized a special program on drugs, Major General Ghulam Shabbir Narejo DG ANF Pakistan was chief guest and Brig Rashid Minhas RD ANF Punjab was special guest. Principal Prof...
Drug Awareness Campaign through Motivational Speaker
Syed Zulfiqar Husain, Director, Drug Advisory Training Hub (DATH) along with Mr. Adeel Rashid and Syed Mohsin met with Mr. Qasim Ali Shah Motivational Speaker regarding Drug Demand...
Inaugural Ceremony of Drug Rehab Centre
Syed Zulfiqar Hussain, Consultant/Expert, Anti Drugs Narcotics Campaign inaugurated 2nd Branch Focus Rehab Center Gulberg III Lahore with Motivational speaker Syed Qasim Ali Shah, Dr. Ahsan ul Haq...
Importance Neurobiological models have postulated shared neural mechanisms between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and substance use disorders, but results from clinical and epidemiological studies are conflicting or even...
Importance Rates of prenatal cannabis use are increasing alongside perceptions that cannabis is a harmless therapeutic for pregnancy-related ailments, while rates of prenatal use of alcohol and tobacco are decreasing. It is...
Abstract
Importance Menthol may make cigarette smoke less aversive and could lead youth to smoke more frequently and become more dependent on nicotine.
Objective To assess the association of menthol use with cigarette smoking frequency...
Abstract:
Introduction. Impaired control over drinking has been frequently cited in diverse theoretical descriptions regarding harmful alcohol use and is considered a DSM criterion for alcohol use disorder. Differences in the frequency of...
Marijuana is consumed to a lesser extent than alcohol and tobacco. The age of greatest frequency of consumption coincides with the reproductive age. Cannabinoids have kinetic characteristics and mechanisms of action that pose a...
