Oil and Drugs: A Toxic Mix
This article covers drug use and the oil industry in Texas. Thousands of oil field workers are using drugs because of the mix of money and boredom due to the energy boom. Read more...
This article covers drug use and the oil industry in Texas. Thousands of oil field workers are using drugs because of the mix of money and boredom due to the energy boom. Read more...
Acupuncture is an ancient therapeutic tool known to be the core of traditional Chinese medicine. Two theories suggest positive outcomes in patients treated with acupuncture:
Introduced by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 42/112 of December 1987 and observed annually since 1988, today marks the 29th International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
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Last week Joanna Travis-Roberts, ISSUP's Deputy Executive Director, and Livia Edegger, ISSUP’s Communications and Research Manager, attended the Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) in Washington, D.C. Prior to the...
British people love an alcoholic beverage or two (or three, or four), so the stereotype goes.
New statistics from the Office for National Statistics, however, suggest a decrease in levels of alcohol consumption across the country. The...
مطالعات نشان داده اند که الکل ممکن است نقش مهمی در بیشتر که 13٪ از مرگ و میر ناشی از بیماری های عفونی, از جمله اچ آی وی.
شواهد نشان می دهد که مصرف الکل در درجه اول بر مبارزه با اچ آی وی تاثیر منفی می گذارد:
An American pilot study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research has found that underage youngsters between 13 and 20 years old are more likely than adults to report seeing alcohol marketing online. The...
A minimum price of 50p per unit of alcohol was approved by Members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs) in 2012. The decision faced numerous legal challenges from the drinks industry before Scottish courts ruled in its favour in October 2016. This...
مخلوط کردن نوشابه های انرژی زا با الکول به طور فزاینده ای محبوب می شود. و با این حال، تحقیقات اخیر نشان می دهد که ترکیب این دو می تواند مخاطره آمیز باشد، بیشتر از نوشیدن الکول به خودی خود یا با مخلوط کن های سنتی تر مانند کوکاکولا یا لیموناد...
مدیر اجرایی خدمات صحی ایرلند (HSE) یک وب سایت جدید آگاهی از الکل را راه اندازی کرده است. 'درباره الکل بپرسید' فراهم می کند اطلاعات در مورد خطرات بهداشتی مرتبط با نوشیدن الکل را قادر می سازد مردم را به مدیریت سلامت خود را بهتر است. علاوه...
Heroin and synthetic opioids are propelling an upsurge of late in cocaine-related overdose deaths. This is according to a national survey carried out by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) amongst other drug...
The Economist reports that the drug trade is moving from the street to so-called online ‘cryptomarkets’, or secret virtual-shop-fronts.
Online markets currently facilitate a comparatively small amount of illegal drug sales. Nonetheless...
The Progress in Mind Resource Centre held a one-hour webinar on alcohol use disorders. The webinar was delivered by Wim van den Brink, Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam, and Steve Brinksman, GP and...
The AAP urges pediatricians screen adolescents and preteens...
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...
Finland plans to cut consumption of tobacco products - in any form – to less than 2% among adults by 2040. As is the case with many industrialised countries, Finland’s smoking rates have decreased in recent years as a result of various...
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