The social context of drinking among LGBT+ people
Professor Carol Emslie and David Barbour discuss research on gender, identity and drinking, and the disproportionate impact of substance use in the LGBT+ community.
Professor Carol Emslie and David Barbour discuss research on gender, identity and drinking, and the disproportionate impact of substance use in the LGBT+ community.
This document provides guidance on the clinical management of harms resulting from acute intoxication and from the harmful and dependent use of club drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS).
This is an extensive and comprehensive...
In 2020,1339 drug-related deaths were registered in Scotland.
This is a 5% increase compared to figures from 2019.
Other key findings show:
This report shares the findings from Adfam's State of the Sector Family Support Survey which in 2019 asked 117 practitioners and managers working in family support services in England about current trends, developments, strengths and...
In July 2019, the UK Government set out its ambition for England to be smokefree by 2030. Government guidelines say the next steps should have been announced by 6th January 2020, but it has yet to do so.
Several key charities, including...
Drinking to excess takes a huge toll on individuals, families, communities and society as a whole.
Many adult problem drug users have long histories of substance misuse which often starts before the age of 18.
Providing well-funded...
شواهد قابل توجهی وجود دارد که نشان می دهد سیگار کشیدن در حالی که باردار مضر است به نوزاد خطر سقط جنین را افزایش می دهد, و تولد زودرس. آمار سیگار کشیدن، انگلستان: گزارش compendium 2018 نشان می دهد که در سال 2017-18، 10.8 درصد از زنان باردار...
The Scottish Government has released the new Alcohol and Drugs Strategy, which aims to improve health by preventing and reducing alcohol and drug use, harm and related deaths. There were a record 934 drugs-related deaths in Scotland in 2017...
Drinking alcohol is a risk factor contributing to seven types of cancer.
The more alcohol you drink, the greater the risk of developing cancer.
This fact sheet, developed by Alcohol Change UK, explains how high these risks are, which...
If you are searching for a simple format way to communicate the key issues around drugs then the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website may offer a multi-media solution.
The Easy to Read Drug Facts section of the NIDA website...
Scotland has become the first country in the world to enforce a minimum price per unit of alcohol. As of 1 May 2018 all alcohol must cost no less than 0.5GPD or 50 pence.
The move is the result of a long process of research and...
This research, launched at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm on 1 May 2018, warns that the alcohol treatment sector is in crisis. These services are entering into a cycle of disinvestment, staff depletion, and reduced...
مطالعه منتشر شده در مجله بین المللی سیاست مواد مخدر، مصرف بیش از حد کشنده و غیر کشنده در میان مصرف کنندگان مواد مخدر در ولز جنوبی: یک مطالعه کمی از پاسخ همسالان، به بررسی رفتار شاهدان به مواد مخدر مصرف بیش از حد.
این تحقیق در جنوب ولز،...
The United Kingdom Focal Point on Drugs (UK Focal Point) 2017 report is available on the UK government's digital portal.
Based at Public Health England, the UK Focal Point is the national partner of the European Monitoring Centre for...
این هفته شاهد راه اندازی سمینار در کالج سلطنتی پزشکان ادینبورگ از دو گزارش کلیدی در مورد مداخلات الکل در تنظیمات مراقبت های اولیه منتشر شده توسط اقدام بهداشت اسکاتلند در مشکلات الکل (SHAAP) با همکاری دانشگاه ادینبورگ، دانشگاه استرلینگ و...
The BBC reports that almost 8,000 high-risk drinkers died from alcohol-related causes in Wales, UK between 2005 – 2014 without having received treatment for alcohol addiction. This is despite repeated hospital and A&E admissions for as much...
This document provides an overview of themes that emerged from the Adfam’s Whole Family Recovery and Alcohol Focus Groups and interviews. This research was conducted to scope the impacts of the recovery of someone with an alcohol problem on...
این گزارش تحقیقاتی به تجزیه و تحلیل چگونگی خشونت خانگی و سوء استفاده است بیشتر از احتمال دارد که در روابط شریک صمیمی که در آن یک شریک با الکل یا مواد مخدر مشکل رخ می دهد. اهداف این پروژه تحقیقاتی این بود:
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