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The current lack of pharmacological treatments for cannabis use disorder (CUD) warrants novel approaches and further investigation of promising pharmacotherapy. We previously showed that nabiximols (27 mg/ml Δ9...

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Background and Aims

Considerable variation of outcome variables used to measure recovery in the gambling treatment literature has precluded effective cross-study evaluations and hindered the development of best-practice treatment...

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Although cannabis use is federally prohibited, medical cannabis is legal in some form in 30 states and the District of Columbia, and recreational use is legal in 8 states and the District of Columbia. The increasing legal...

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Background: Applying theory to the design and evaluation of interventions is likely to increase effectiveness and improve the evidence base from which future interventions are developed, though few interventions report this.

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Drug-based treatments dominate opiate addiction treatment but are far from universally accepted. Referring to chemical ‘solutions’ to addiction, the ‘bite’ commentary on this cell ends with the “curious possibility that precisely because a...

Mental, neurological and substance (MNS) disorders are very common and represent a large burden of disease and disability around the world. There remains a wide gap between the capacity of health systems and resources, between what is...

Guide to clinical advice for treatment and rehabilitation programs in drugs in specific population of adult women.

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Trials challenge the need for the widely accepted policy of making opioid-dependent patients take their methadone or other opioid substitutes at the clinic or pharmacy, but ‘no difference’ findings may be due to the limitations of the...

In drug addiction, cues previously associated with drug use can produce craving and frequently trigger the resumption of drug taking in individuals vulnerable to relapse. Environmental stimuli associated with drugs or natural reinforcers...

This Pocket Guide was summarized Guide 34 pages of the NIAAA, helping patients who drink too much: A guide clinical. Materials include:

• Educational brochures for patients
• Already formatted progress notes
• Animated slideshow for...

Guide aimed at professionals of health to work with people from drinking alcohol in excess

This guide has been written for primary care health and mental health professionals. It has been produced by the National Institute on the Alcohol...

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Introduction: Descriptive data about co-occurrence of alcohol and cocaine consumption is scarce, despite its important prevalence. Dual disorders show high prevalence in clinical samples, and patients report worse evolution and...

Mentor UK, an organisation focused on drug prevention and education, have launched a Quality Mark for alcohol and drugs education. 

The quality mark has been developed in addition to a set of developmental quality standards for schools and...