Addiction

Drug Facts from the Australian Alcohol and Drug Foundation

Website
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...
Australian Alcohol and Drug Foundation

Childhood Predictors of Lung Function and Future COPD Risk

Scientific article
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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...

InterAction 2018

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London
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United Kingdom

With generous support from Alcohol Research UK, the purpose of the day is to encourage the interplay and exchange of knowledge and ideas around the subject of drugs and alcohol. Speakers will be provocative and challenge received wisdoms with counter narratives.

Rise in Glutamate Levels Can Be Used to Predict Drug High

News
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) explores the action of psychostimulant drugs on glutamate, one of the most abundant neurotransmitters in the human body. Drugs with a stimulant effect are commonly prescribed to...
Rise in glutamate levels can be used to predict drug high

Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

Book
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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the Health and Human Services US Government Department (HSS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have collaborated to create a manual on...
Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

New Resource Centre from SAMHSA

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SAMHSA has launched the new Evidence Based Resource Center which will allow practitioners to find tools, manuals, clinical practice guidelines and science based-resources. Available directly through the SAMHSA website, the digital resource...
Evidence-Based Practices Resource Centre