The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
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...
White House Eases Cap on Medication for Opioid Addiction
In the USA, Frontline report on changes in policy to allow doctors to issue more prescriptions for buprenorphine; new rules aimed at improving drug monitoring by federal prescribers treating Native Americans and military veterans
UNODC World Drug Report 2016
Around five per cent of the adult population, or nearly 250 million people between the ages of 15 and 64, used at least one drug in 2014, according to the latest World Drug Report released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and...
Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people's health and well-being. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study
This book is the latest addition to a series of reports on young people's health from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: a WHO collaborative cross-national study that has provided information about the health, well...
Study Links Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Reduced Mortality From Opioid Overdose
Legalized medical marijuana dispensaries are associated with both positive and negative impacts on public health.
EMCDDA Publishes Its First Report on Health Responses to New Psychoactive Substances
Over the last decade, there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of new drugs appearing on the global market
Alcohol advertising has no place on our kids' screens
Research shows children who are exposed to alcohol advertising are more likely to start drinking earlier and to drink more.
Latest UK drug related deaths statistics
On 3rd September 2015, the UK's Office of National Statistics released a Statistical Bulletin Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, 2014 registrations. The report's main points included a number of serious statistics...
European Drug Report 2015
The EU Drug Agency (EMCCDA) has published the European Drug Report 2015. In its annual review, the agency reflects on 20 years of monitoring and examines the global influences and local ramifications of Europe’s ever-changing drugs problem...
