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This cross-sectional study found that, after the state-level legalization of cannabis for recreational use in California, greater retail availability was associated with higher odds of cannabis use among pregnant women; these results were...

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Importance  People experiencing homelessness have been disproportionately affected by the opioid overdose crisis. To mitigate morbidity and mortality, several office-based addiction treatment (OBAT) programs designed for this...

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Importance  A persistently high US drug overdose death toll and increasing health care use associated with substance use disorder (SUD) create urgency for comprehensive estimates of attributable direct costs, which can assist in...

‘Listen First’ and ‘The Science of Care’ materials have been translated into Slovenian and are being released nationally in Slovenia by the Institute for Research and Development (UTRIP) through its ‘Prevention Platform’ programme, which is...

ISSUP Kenya conducted a UTC Substance Use Disorders, Cycle II training for the Kenya National Youth Service(NYS), at the NYS centre Yatta 8-12 February 2021.

The Director-General NYS, Madam Matilda Sakwa, EBS officially opened the training...

On Saturday 27th February 2021 the Executive Committee meeting of ISSUP Kenya took place. There were good discussions and more information will be forthcoming from the committee about the way forward for our organisation. In the meantime...

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The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in stay-at-home orders, which presented a significant challenge to the design and operation of an essential harm-reduction strategy in the opioid epidemic: community-based, take-home naloxone (THN)...

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Improving access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is a national priority; however, these efforts commonly focus on the provider. Access to buprenorphine through retail pharmacies and stigma associated with...

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Methadone maintenance treatment is a life-saving treatment for people with opioid use disorders (OUD). The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has introduced many concerns surrounding access to opioid treatment. In March 2020...

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No systematic review has yet examined the consistency between self-reports of alcohol consumption and alcohol biomarkers among patients in treatment for alcohol use disorders (AUD). Therefore, we aimed to provide an...

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Recovery community centers (RCCs) have expanded across the U.S., serving as social “recovery hubs” that increase recovery capital (e.g., employment, housing) by providing resources that clinical care does not provide...

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Importance: Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease in adults; preclinical associations between hypertension and cardiovascular disease are seen in childhood. Nicotine is a known toxin, but its association with...

O álcool é ao mesmo tempo: um imunodepressor e um desinfetante poderoso, quando aplicado em superfícies.

Como o coronavírus atingiu níveis de pandemia e desinformação e mitos sobre "remédios preventivos" estão se espalhando nas redes...

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Importance: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is required to communicate the risks of tobacco constituents to the public. Few studies have addressed how FDA media campaigns can effectively communicate about cigarette smoke...

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There is a high risk of death from opioid overdose following release from prison. Efforts to develop and implement overdose prevention programs for justice-involved populations have increased in recent years. An...

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In Mexico, excessive alcohol consumption represents one of the main public health challenges at the national level. Although there are a number of intervention strategies that seek to affect this problem, there is also a large gap...

Public stigma towards people who use substances can impact people seeking support and treatment outcomes. It can also influence how public health policy is shaped and accepted.

Researchers have been interested in understanding how people...

Don't let alcohol kill your enjoyment of life

February 18 – National Day to Combat Alcoholism

Data from the latest National Survey on Alcohol and Other Drugs (II Lenad), carried out by UNIFESP, in São Paulo, reveal the worrying...