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Weaker Bones Linked to Cannabis Use
Research conducted at the University of Edinburgh has found a link between cannabis use and bone mass density. More specifically, the findings, recently published in the American Journal of Medicine, report that frequent cannabis users are...
Smoking and Depression: What's the Relationship?
Almost 20% of American adults smoke cigarettes. Those diagnosed as having a moderate mental health problem are approximately twice as likely to smoke, whereas for those diagnosed as severely ill the risks are roughly three times greater...
Is There a Biological Link Between Anti-Depressants and the Effects of Alcohol on the Body?
The ‘self-medication hypothesis’ is commonly known to refer to a human behaviour which sees people with depression turn to alcohol as a way of coping. New research published in the journal Nature Communications has now discovered a...
ماریونا او زوکړه: اغیزې څه دی؟
د امریکا څلور ایالتونه په اوس وخت کې د آر تفریحی ماریخوانا کارولو ته اجازه ورکوی او څلورویشت طبی ماریونا ته اجازه ورکوی. که څه هم، د امېدنی په وخت کې د سګرټ څکول یا مصرف په صورت کې د انسان د امېدرانو د ودې په اړه د نشه یی توکو د اغېز د...
Opioid Abuse Linked to Heroin Use
New research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors has found the likelihood of 18- to 34-year-old nonmedical prescription opioid users having a prescription opioid use disorder has increased between 2002 – 2014. More specifically...
Identifying At-Risk Personalities
A new substance abuse prevention programme called Preventure uses personality tests to identify children most at risk of indulging in harmful drug-taking behaviour. The traits it has identified amongst at-risk children include: sensation...
Adolescence, Alcoholism and Interventions
Substance abuse entails a whole host of social, physical and mental health problems. A recent overview published in the Journal of Adolescent Health evaluates the effectiveness of interventions focused on smoking, alcohol or combined drug...
د الکولو استعمال او د هغوی د زیان و
هر کال ۸۸۰ امریکایان د الکولو اړوند زیان له امله مری. د الکولو د ناوړه چلند فزیکی اغیزې، په شمول ځینې سرطانونه، د زړه ناروغی او د جګر ناروغۍ، ښه پیژندل شوی دی. دلته ډیر شواهد هم شته چې د الکولو وړاندیز کوی چې په پوهیدو باندې منفی اغیزه کولی...
Student Smokers in US at All-Time Low
Smoking, and the desire to smoke, cigarettes amongst high school students in the United States is currently at an all-time low, according to a recent article published in Preventing Chronic Disease. The study found that between 2012 – 2014...
E-Cigarettes and Passive Smoking: Is There a Risk?
E-cigarettes are becoming more and more popular. As such, many in the field of drug prevention and treatment are eager to uncover how they affect our health. E-cigarettes do not contain tobacco. However, it has been found by researchers at...
Social Inequality and Marijuana Use
Are the poor smoking more? An article published recently in the journal Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy sets out to answer just that. It explores the link between teenage marijuana use and income inequality in the national contexts...
مخکینی پوسټ مخکینی پوسټ:د سګرټ څښلو عادتونه تشریح کړئ
د سټیرلینګ په پوهنتون کې د څیړونکو لخوا ترسره شوې نوې څیړنه د ځان کنټرول او د ټول عمر سګرټ څښلو عادتونو ترمنځ اړیکه موندلې. دا ادعا کوی چې هغه ماشومان چې د یوولس کلنۍ په عمر کې د ځان کنټرول ټیټه کچه لری د ځوانۍ په جریان کې د سګرټ څښلو ډیر...
Marijuana on the Brain
According to new research smoking marijuana regularly distorts the brain’s natural risk and reward circuitry which, in turn, can affect people’s decision-making as well as their ability to maintain relationships. In this way, the study...
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Is Mass-Media Effective for Drug Prevention?
Mass-media can be a great means for sharing knowledge and information. A study recently published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) aimed to determine whether such channels are successful in reducing the intention to use, and the...
Alcohol Abuse, Adulthood and ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the world’s most common developmental conditions. A recent collaborative study conducted in the United States and subsequently published in the journal Addiction shows that greater...
Youth Who Misuse Drugs Are More Likely to Commit Suicide
Suicide ranks among the top five causes of death among 15- to 19-year-olds. Research has shown that youth who misuse drugs are more likely to commit suicide than their peers who do not abuse substances. An estimated 27-50 percent of...
تنکی ورزشکاران او د اپیایډ کارول
پخوانیو څیړنو ښودلې چې ځوان ورزشکاران ممکن د ټپونو له امله د غیر طبی نسخې اپیایډ کارولو ډیر خطر ولری. په هرصورت ، یوې نوې مطالعې وموندله چې د سپورت ګډون ممکن د اپیایډ او هیرویین کارولو پروړاندې د محافظت فاکتور په توګه کار وکړی. هغه ځوانان...
Addiction as a Brain Disease
Even though scientific advances over the past decades have supported the concept of addiction as a brain disease, skepticism remains. Recent research has aimed to reinforce the link between addiction and brain functions and broaden the...
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