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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes
This report presents information on four types of outcomes from the four different data sources:
- Opioid prescribing, 2006-2016, from QuintilesIMS Health®
- Drug use, misuse, and substance use disorder, 2014-2015, from the National Survey...
The Health, Poverty, and Financial Consequences of a Cigarette Price Increase among 500 Million Male Smokers in 13 Middle Income Countries
Abstract
Objective: To examine the impact of a 50% increase in market prices of cigarettes on health, poverty, and financial protection.
Design: Compartmental model study.
Setting: 13 middle income countries, totalling two billion men.
...Risk Thresholds for Alcohol Consumption: Combined Analysis of Individual-Participant Data for 599,912 Current Drinkers in 83 Prospective Studies
Summary
Background
Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, we...
Thresholds for Safer Alcohol Use Might Need Lowering
Summary
Guidelines for levels of alcohol use that pose a low risk to drinkers' health are provided by many countries, usually based on meta-analyses of epidemiological studies.1–3 However, to devise such guidelines is challenging because...
د صنعت او دندې لخوا د چرس اوسنی کارول - کولوراډو، 2014-2015
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د دې موضوع په اړه څه پوهیږی؟
د کولوراډو په ګډون اتو ایالتونو د 21 کلونو ≥ عمر لرونکو خلکو ترمنځ د تفریحی چرس کارول قانونی کړی. د چرس کارول او مسلکی زیان ترمینځ اړیکه د عامې روغتیا اندیښنه ده.
په دې راپور کې څه اضافه شوی؟
د 2014...
Aparición de Nuevas Sustancias Psicoactivas (NSP) en Colombia
El Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho creó el Sistema de Alertas Tempranas (SAT) de Colombia, con el fin de monitorear y alertar oportunamente la aparición de NPS y cambios en los patrones de consumo de drogas, como parte de las funciones...
په اندونیزیا کې د تنبل لیکور څخه نږدې ۸۰ تنه وژل شوی
د علی کوتارومالوس لخوا
اپرېل ، ۱۰ ، ۲۰۱۸
جکارتا ، اندونیزیا ( AP ) — اندونیزیا چارواکی وایی چې زیات خلک د زهرجن بوټ مشروباتو څښلو له امله مړه شوی ، چې په دې میاشت کې یې شمېر نږدې 80 تنو ته پورته کړی او دا یې په ډاګه کړې چې د قانونی الکولو...
Substance Use amongst University Students in Ethiopia
A study published in the Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy journal details the prevalence of substance use amongst students from Debre Berhan University in Central Ethiopia.
Substance use behaviors of 695 students were...
The National Protocol for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Kenya
Substance (Drug) Abuse is increasing in Kenya and especially among the youth. Current statistics indicate that more than half of drug users are aged 10-19 years. Most studies done in the country indicate that the commonly used drugs are...
United Kingdom Drug Situation: Focal Point Annual Report
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 Drugs...
سګرټ څښل د ناقانونه حیض او لومړنی مینوپوز سره تړاو لری
یوې مطالعې چې د حیض دورې بې نظمۍ او نارینه وو لامل کیږی فکتورونه وپلټی موندلی چې سګرټ څښل ممکن د غیر منظم حیض دورې کې مرسته وکړی. څیړنې ، چې په کوریا کې ترسره شوې ، د سګرټ څښلو لومړنی پیل او د نارینه وو په لومړیو کې د مینځپانګې سره اړیکه...
Childhood Poisoning: Safeguarding Young Children from Addictive Substances
BACKGROUND
As a result of America’s current addiction epidemic, babies and pre-school age children are being accidentally exposed at unacceptably high rates to toxic, addictive substances including nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, prescription...
Impact of Binge Drinking in Adolescence. Are we doing it right?
Abstract
Nowadays, one of the most prevalent patterns of alcohol consumption is called binge drinking (BD). In 2015, the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD) Group estimated that about 35% of adolescents of 15-16...
Policy Approaches for Regulating Alcohol Marketing in a Global Context: A Public Health Perspective
Abstract
Alcohol consumption is responsible for 3.3 million deaths globally or nearly 6% of all deaths. Alcohol use contributes to both communicable and noncommunicable diseases, as well as violence and injuries. The purpose of this review...
Drug Facts from the Australian Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Digital health information about the risks of drugs is available through the Australian Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) website. The searchable online database, Drug Facts, features information about a range of substances which may pose...
Childhood Predictors of Lung Function and Future COPD Risk
A study published in the Lancet details the discovery of a link between the respiratory disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and childhood exposure to parental smoking or childhood illnesses, such as asthma, bronchitis...
Excess Placental Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 1 in Maternal Smokers Impairs Fetal Growth
Abstract
Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy remains one of the most common and preventable causes of fetal growth restriction (FGR), a condition in which a fetus is unable to achieve its genetically determined potential size. Even...
Effects of Dietary Antioxidant Vitamins on Lung Functions According to Gender and Smoking Status in Korea
Abstract
Objective: Cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Dietary antioxidants are thought to prevent smoke-induced oxidative damage. The aim...
د ګلوتاماتو د کچې لوړیدنه د نشه یی توکو د لوړ یدو د وړاندوینې لپاره کارول کیدای شی
یوه څیړنه چې د نشه یی توکو په وړاندې د ملی انستیتیوت ( NIDA) له خوا مالی مرسته شوې ده ، په ګلوتاماټ باندې د روانی محرکه توکو عمل راسپموی، چې د انسان په بدن کې یو له ډیرو نورو ټرانسمیټرونو څخه دی.
هغه درمل چې د محرک اثر لری په عامه توګه د...
Association between Receptivity to Tobacco Advertising and Progression to Tobacco Use in Youth and Young Adults
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found an association with young people being exposed to adverts for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and taking up smoking later in life.
The study followed 10 989...