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School staff perceptions of the nature and consequences of students’ use of e-cigarettes
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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the nature and consequences of student vaping in Australian primary and secondary schools by consulting staff working in these settings.
Methods: A national sample of 196 school...
Associations between moderate alcohol consumption, brain iron, and cognition in UK Biobank participants: Observational and mendelian randomization analyses
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Background
Brain iron deposition has been linked to several neurodegenerative conditions and reported in alcohol dependence. Whether iron accumulation occurs in moderate drinkers is unknown. Our objectives were to investigate...
Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Canadian Psychosocial Addiction Programs: A National Survey of Policy, Attitudes, and Practice
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Objective
To describe current approaches in treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) within Canadian psychosocial outpatient, day, and residential addiction treatment programs, with an emphasis on the use of opioid agonist therapy...
Associations Between Canada's Cannabis Legalization and Emergency Department Presentations for Transient Cannabis-Induced Psychosis and Schizophrenia Conditions: Ontario and Alberta, 2015–2019
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Objective
Cannabis legalization in many jurisdictions worldwide has raised concerns that such legislation might increase the burden of transient and persistent psychotic illnesses in society. Our study aimed to address this issue...
Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among Cannabis-Naive Adolescents and Its Association With Future Cannabis Use
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Importance Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has been reported to increase the likelihood of future cigarette smoking among adolescents. The prospective association between e-cigarette use and cannabis use has been less...
UTC-3 Now Available as a Self-Led Online Course!
UTC Self-Led Course 3:Common Co-Occurring Mental and Medical Disorders—An Overview for Addiction Professionals is now live. Go to ISSUP to learn more and enroll now -> https://bit.ly/3J7x44u
Assessment of Patterns in e-Cigarette Use Among Adults in the US, 2017-2020
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Importance Updated data on the patterns of e-cigarette use among adults in the US are needed.
Objective To examine recent patterns in current and daily e-cigarette use among US adults.
Design, Setting, and Participants This...
Quality of life profile of methadone maintenance treatment patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Aim: To determine the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of methadone maintenance treatment patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Subject and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 967 patients being treated at two methadone...
The UNODC/PTRS demand reduction mentor at the UNODC Programme Office in Indonesia provided technical assistance to the National Narcotics Board (BNN) in conducting a national hybrid training for Government Officials on the UNODC Treatnet Family programme
On July 19th, 2022, the Director of Strengthening Government Institution, Deputy of Rehabilitation, BNN officially launched a national hybrid training on the UNODC Treatnet Family programme with 34 representatives from all BNN provinces and...
The UNODC Programme Office in Indonesia provided technical assistance to the National Narcotics Board (BNN) in conducting a national hybrid training for Government Officials on the UNODC Treatnet Family programme
On July 19th, 2022, the Director of Strengthening Government Institution, Deputy of Rehabilitation, BNN officially launched a national hybrid training on the UNODC Treatnet Family programme with 34 representatives from all BNN provinces and...
The UNODC Programme Office in Indonesia in collaboration with the National Narcotics Board (BNN) conducted a National Training for Government Officials and Practitioners on the UNODC Family United programme (Family-based prevention programme).
Family is a strategic institution to encourage fundamental changes in the process of child development. A family has risk or protective factors that influences the physical and psychosocial development of a child. This is proof of how...
Depressão ou Tristeza?
Como saber se a tristeza é, na verdade, um caso de depressão? Tristeza e depressão são iguais?
Perder um parente ou amigo querido, ser demitido de um emprego. Esses motivos podem deixar qualquer um triste. Para leigos, tristeza e depressão...
Seminar on “The International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking”
Seminar on “The International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking”
Walk, Poster Competition, Presentation, Discussion, Q&A, Way Forward
“Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises”
International Day...
Comic Strips' Addicted: gambling addiction and digital addictions told by a comic book
The Addiction Medicine Service (AOUI Verona), on the occasion of the National Forum on Pathological Addictions "Addictus" to be held on 2-3-4 December 2022 in Riva del Garda (TN), announces the Competition "Comic Strips' Addicted: gambling...
I edizione Concorso Letterario "Marco Faccini 2022: Racconti di ludopatia e dintorni"
Il servizio di Medicina delle Dipendenze (AOUI Verona) e CLAD Onlus, in occasione del Forum Nazionale sulle Dipendenze Patologiche "Addictus" che si terrà il 2-3-4 dicembre 2022 a Riva del Garda (TN) indice il Concorso Letterario " Racconti...
Family skills development is the most influential factor in substance use prevention
Mr. Md. Azizul Islam, Director General (Additional Charge), Additional Secretary, Department of Narcotics Control has said, it would not be possible to achieve SDG if we fail to control substance use and has requested everyone to step ahead...
Measurement of Striatal Dopamine Release Induced by Neuropsychological Stimulation in Positron Emission Tomography With Dual Injections of [11C]Raclopride
Objectives: Positron emission tomography (PET) with [11C]raclopride has been applied to measure changes in the concentration of endogenous dopamine induced by pharmacological challenge or neuropsychological stimulation by evaluating the...
Kenya to include smoking cessation drugs as essential medicines
The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.
The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in the...
Denmark advises no alcohol consumption for under-18s
All young people aged under 18 have been advised not to drink alcohol in new guidelines issued by the Danish Health Authority.
The advice is part of new general Danish recommendations on alcohol consumption, the health authority said in a...
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