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Alcohol Switches the Brain into 'Starvation Mode'
Alcohol has a very high calorie content. Experts, therefore, have long been confused as to why people often eat more after having consumed alcoholic drinks. New scientific tests show spikes in electrical activity in the brains of mice when...
A Sip as a Kid, Alcohol Problems as an Adult?
Introducing children to alcohol by way of their parents allowing them sips or tasters of their own drinks is typically viewed as the presiding method used in European countries.
Published in the journal Psychological Medicine, a new...
Revealed: The Global Cost of Smoking
Smoking and its related harms cost the world more than $1 trillion and claim the lives of around 6 million people each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Cancer Institute.
$1 trillion...
Alcohol Advertising Linked to Youth Drinking
Health researchers worldwide have provided new evidence suggesting that alcohol advertising is often aggressive, reaching children, and is linked with youth drinking.
The Australian organisation, the National Alliance for Action on Alcohol...
Inside a Killer Drug Epidemic: A Look at America’s Opioid Crisis
The New York Times article traces the impact of America's opioid epidemic on Americans of all backgrounds throughout the country. Photos depict the human face of a tragedy that is taking too many lives.
Suicide and Substance Abuse
New research has found a significant link between suicide risk and simultaneous cocaine and alcohol consumption.
The study examined the drug-taking habits of 874 participants hospitalised for displaying suicidal tendencies, ranging from...
Police Seize 1,100 kg in Australia's 'Largest Cocaine Bust'
The largest seizure of cocaine has been documented with the arrest of 15 men. The drugs transited through the South Pacific and followed a seizure in French Polynesia. This bust is indicative of a growing concern of increased drug...
EMCDDA Updates on Best Practice
A new European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) Best Practice report will be published in early 2017. It will take an in-depth look at substance use prevention in Europe.
The report's stated aim is "not to rate...
اکسی کونټین نړیواله کچه خپره شوه - "موږ تازه پیل کوو"
لاس انجلس ټایمز په نړیواله کچه د درملو شرکتونو د پراختیا څیړنه کوی کوم چې هڅه کوی ډیر روږدی کوونکی اکسی کونټین خرڅ کړی، چې یو افیونی درمل دی، او د تفریحی او سپورتی څېرو څخه کار اخلی ترڅو په ټوله نړۍ کې مارکیټونو ته ننوځی.
UTC and UPC in Paraguay
En un acto que se llevó a cabo en la sede de la Facultad de Filosofía de la Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción”, el Rector de la citada Universidad y el Ministro de la SENAD dieron lugar a la firma de un convenio de...
مخکینی پوسټ مخکینی پوسټ:د فرانسوی ځوانانو لپاره د انتخاب نوی درمل؟
یو خبر توکی چې اوس مهال په فرانسوی مطبوعاتو کې رجحان لری د فرانسوی تنکی ځوانانو په مینځ کې د څښاک خطرناک زیاتوالی اندیښنه لری چې په عام ډول د 'ارغوانی څښاک' په نوم پیژندل کیږی ، مګر د 'لین' یا 'سیزرپ' په نوم هم پیژندل کیږی. Le Monde لومړی...
Drogas: Proponen empezar la prevención con programas en los jardines de infantes
Este artículo destaca la colaboración entre el gobierno argentino y estadounidense en relación a reducción de la demanda. Ambos están trabajando con un enfoque en niños, particularmente en prevención de primer uso y tratamiento para pre...
د کاناډا یی کار
د کاناډا د تنباکو ، الکولو او نشه یی توکو وروستۍ سروې ( ۲۰۱۵ ) په ټول هېواد کې د سګرټو د شمېر د کموالی خبر ورکوی.
د پایلو بشپړ سیټ د لیدلو لپاره دلته کلیک وکړئ (په انګلیسی او فرانسوی دواړو کې شتون لری).
The World's Biggest Drug Survey
This year's Global Drug Survey (GDS) was launched last week. The GDS is the world's largest online survey about drugs and drug use. Last year's survey was completed by over 100,000 respondents. GDS is an independent drug use data mapping...
Smoking and DNA Changes
Analyses have found a direct link between the number of cigarettes smoked during one's lifetime and the number of mutations in tumour DNA. Commenting on these findings, Prof. Sir Mike Stratton from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute notes...
Fentanyl Deaths Rise as Curbing Supply Proves Difficult
The November 2016 data chart of overdoses in Massachusetts shows a climbing blue line labeled “fentanyl”. Boston's National Public Radio station reports via article and audio clip on some of the challenges faced by law enforcement and...
د مکسیکویی ځوانانو په منځ کې د نشه یی توکو استعمال مخ په زیاتیدو دی

په دې وروستیو کلونو کې مکسیکو د ځوانانو په منځ کې د نشه یی توکو په استعمال کې یو لوی سیک لیدلی دی. یوه نوې څیړنه په تیرو دوو لسیزو کې د مکسیکو د لیسه د زده کوونکو په منځ کې د نشه یی توکو استعمال تجزیه کړ. په دې څیړنه کې معلومه شوې ده چې...
د سګرټ څکولو د بندولو څخه روغتیایی ګټې

ستاسو د اخری سګریټ نه لږ شل دقیقې وروسته ستاسو بدن د پریښودو د اغیزو احساس شروع کوی. د سګرټ څکولو د بندولو څخه روغتیایی ګټې شاملې دی، د نورو شیانو تر منځ، د زړه د درجې کموالی او د وینې فشار، ښه ساه اخیستل، ښه خوند او بوی او د اشتها ښه کول...
Expanding Drug Markets in Australia
Recently sixteen people were hospitalised on the Gold Coast, Australia, after taking a new synthetic drug known as Flakka. One of those taken ill is said to be in a critical condition. Flakka takes the form of a white/pink crystal-like...
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