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Media Influence on Public Policy in Kenya: The Case of Illicit Brew Consumption
Abstract
The media plays a major role in public life, influencing citizens’ focus of attention and providing many of the facts and opinions that shape perspectives on topics of the day. Studies that analyze media influences on policy...
د نشه یی توکو د حقایقو لوستل د نیشه یی توکو آسانه
که تاسو د یو ساده فارمټ لارې په لټون کې یاست چې د نشه یی توکو په شاوخوا کې کلیدی مسایل سره اړیکه ونیسئ نو د نشه یی توکو په وړاندې د ملی انستیتیوت (NIDA) ویب پاڼه کیدای شی د څو رسنیو حل وړاندې کړی.
د نی ډی ای ویب پاڼې د نشه یی توکو د...
Multilevel Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study Examining School Substance-Misuse Policy and the Use of Cannabis, Mephedrone and Novel Psychoactive Substances
Abstract
Objectives: To examine whether young peoples’ risk of cannabis, mephedrone and novel psychoactive substances (NPS) use is associated with school substance-misuse policy.
Design: A cross-sectional survey of secondary school...
European Drug Report 2018
The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released their latest European Drugs report.
Covering 30 European countries the report explores drug trends, developments in prevention and treatment, public health...
د ایس ډی جی ګانو د لاس ته راوړلو لپاره د شکر ، تمباکو ، او د الکولو مالیه
د تمباکو د کنټرول په اړه د WHO چوکاټ کنوانسیون تر تصویب څه دپاسه یوه لسیزه وروسته ، داسې شواهد شتون لری چې د مالیاتو له لارې د تمباکو د بیو لوړول د تمباکو د استعمال د کمولو او د ژوند د ژغورلو لپاره تر ټولو اغیزمنه لاره ده. دغه راز د الکولو...
May Student Membership Update
In our second Student Membership Update we have sourced some funding and research opportunities, and events that we are sure will be of interest.
Tobacco Cessation Interventions and Smoke-Free Policies in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
Many persons with mental or substance use disorders who smoke want to and can quit smoking.
Public versus Internal Conceptions of Addiction: An Analysis of Internal Philip Morris Documents
Abstract
Background
Tobacco addiction is a complex, multicomponent phenomenon stemming from nicotine’s pharmacology and the user’s biology, psychology, sociology, and environment. After decades of public denial, the tobacco industry now...
Alcohol Industry Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives and Harmful Drinking: A Systematic Review
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Background: There is growing awareness of the detrimental effects of alcohol industry commercial activities, and concern about possible adverse impacts of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, on public health...
Scotland Becomes the First Country to Enforce Minimum Pricing on Alcohol
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...
د ژوند کیفیت ښه کول: د موادو کارول او عمر
د کاناډا د مخدره توکو کارولو او روږدی کیدو مرکز (CCSA) یوه سرچینه خپره کړې چې په عمر لرونکی نفوس کې د موادو کارولو باندې تمرکز کوی.
سند په لویانو کې د موادو کارولو پایلې ، روغتیایی شرایط چې ممکن پیښ شی ، د کشف او سکرینینګ او درملنې...
The Hardest Hit: Addressing the Crisis in Alcohol Treatment Services
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...
Trend in the Affordability of Tobacco Products in Bangladesh
Abstract
Background: The price of tobacco products in relation to the income of tobacco users—affordability—is recognised as a key determinant of tobacco use behaviour. The effectiveness of a price increase as a deterrent to tobacco use...
Taking a New Line on Drugs
This report, ‘Taking a New Line on Drugs’, comes at a timely moment for drugs strategy both in the UK and across the world. The special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the world drug problem, which took place in New York...
Alcohol and Mental Health: Policy and Practice in England
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Many people who misuse alcohol also have a mental health difficulty, and many people with mental health problems also misuse alcohol. Yet few get effective help from either alcohol or mental health services. National...
Evaluación de la Estrategia Nacional para el abordaje del problema drogas en Uruguay
Este documento presenta los hallazgos de la evaluación externa de la Estrategia Nacional de Drogas (END) desarrollada por un equipo de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de la República en el último trimestre del 2014. El...
'زه سګریټ نه یم... تر اوسه : د چین په لیسه کې د تنباکو د کنټرول په اړه د انګیرنو په اړه یوه کیفیتی څیړنه
خلاصه
هدف: په ښوونځیو کې د تنباکو د کنترول په اړه د چین د نجونو انګیرنې په ندرت سره څیړنې کیږی. مونږ دا وپلټو چې د سګریټ څکولو اوسنۍ ستراتیژی د منځنی ښوونځی په چاپیریال کې څنګه کار کوی، او همدارنګه د دې ستراتیژیو په اړه چې د زده کوونکو او...
Glossary of Terms Used in Drug Policy
A glossary of drug policy terminology produced by the Drug Policy Network South East Europe is now available in English and Spanish.
The Drug Policy Network South East Europe (DPNSEE) is an initiative of NGOs from the countries of South...
International Standards on Drug Use Prevention
The second edition of the publication, International Standards on Drug Use Prevention, published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health Organization has been released. The document offers guidance for...
