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Resilience in Paco Addiction Treatments

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This paper presents the results of a study on the factors promoting the rehabilitation of adolescents treated for paco addiction, from the point of view of resilience, i.e. the understanding and ability to cope with life's difficulties...

Lift UP Workshop - 2019

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5 members of the Pakistan U.S. Alumni group participated in the “Prevention of Violence against Women Living in Drug Affected Families” Adv. Zia Awan - IVLP Rana Asif Habib - IVLP Kiran Mushtaq - IVLP Dr Salman Baig - Hubert Humphrey Fellow...
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Report of 2018 NIDA International Forum, San Diego, USA

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INTRODUCTION This report was written by Ikenna Daniel Molobe, Co-founder/Director of Unified Initiative for a Drug Free Nigeria; who presented a poster of his research, with support from the UNODC, at the 2018 National Institute on Drug...

Alcohol’s Secondhand Harms: Prevalence and Risk Factors

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Harmful drinking can have severe physical and psychological consequences for the person consuming alcohol. However, the negative impact does not just stop at the individual level. Researchers from the US have examined data from two parallel...

Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Offspring Alcohol Use

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Despite increasing awareness of the negative consequences of alcohol, rates of consumption among young adults remain high. Longitudinal studies provide insight into the risk and protective factors in a young persons life that might increase...

Tobacco Use Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Young Adults

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It is recognised that smoking and use of tobacco products among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) young adults is higher compared to their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Although it is believed that within the LGBTQ...

Drinking in Pregnancy: Lasting Effects of Low-level Alcohol Use?

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It is generally known and accepted that heavy drinking during pregnancy can have harmful effects on the development of the unborn child. What is less well understood, and is causing uncertainty amongst the public, is the impact of low-level...