The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix: Going with the Grain; Organisation, Ethos and Harm Reduction
On-line course moves up to the level of the organisation and its influence on drug-related harm. Learn how in methadone clinics and needle exchanges, misguided ‘good intentions’ placed service users at risk. A possible rule of thumb emerges...
Elements regulatory marijuana, to consideration for the effective protection of the health of the population
Abstract When discussing the public health approach to the use of marijuana, the complexity of rigorous regulatory interventions for population protection is omitted. Using the experience of governments where these practices already exist...
“Gestaltomics”: Systems Biology Schemes for the Study of Neuropsychiatric Diseases
The integration of different sources of biological information about what defines a behavioral phenotype is difficult to unify in an entity that reflects the arithmetic sum of its individual parts. In this sense, the challenge of Systems...
Symposium: "Marijuana and health, medicinal and recreational use considerations"
Tuesday, 24 October, 19:00 to 21:00 hours (time of the city of Mexico)
Symposium
MARIJUANA AND HEALTH: CONSIDERATIONS ON MEDICINAL AND RECREATIONAL USE
Coordinator
ACAD. Dr. Manuel Mondragon and Kalb
National Commission against Addictions, academic honorary of the Mexican Academy of surgery
Blood Alcohol Concentration-Related Lower Performance in Immediate Visual Memory and Working Memory in Adolescent Binge Drinkers
The binge drinking (BD) pattern of alcohol consumption is prevalent during adolescence, a period characterized by critical changes to the structural and functional development of brain areas related with memory and cognition. There is...
Alcohol Binge Drinking and Executive Functioning during Adolescent Brain Development
Alcohol consumption in adolescents causes negative effects on familiar, social, academic life, as well as neurocognitive alterations. The binge drinking (BD) pattern of alcohol is characterized by the alternation of episodes of heavy...
Direct Marketing Promotion and Electronic Cigarette Use among US Adults
Abstract Introduction The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) among US adults has increased since 2007. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of direct marketing promotion of e-cigarettes and its association...
The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies from 1990 to 2015
Abstract Importance: Liver cancer is among the leading causes of cancer deaths globally. The most common causes for liver cancer include hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and alcohol use. Objective: To report...
‘My GP says I drink too much’: Screening and Brief Intervention
In the absence of greater obstacles to availability, widespread screening to identify and then briefly advise risky drinkers has been the great hope for improved alcohol-related public health. This major hot topic update guides you through...
Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines: A Comprehensive Update of Evidence and Recommendations
ABSTRACT Background: Cannabis use is common in North America, especially among young people, and is associated with a risk of various acute and chronic adverse health outcomes. Cannabis control regimes are evolving, for example, toward a...