Wastewater Analysis and Drugs - A European Multi-City Study
EMCDDA has published the latest results of European multi-city wastewater analysis and drugs study.
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Prevalence of Tobacco Use Among Rural-Dwelling Individuals Who Inject Drugs
Discussion
Among this large sample of rural-dwelling individuals who were actively injecting opioids and/or stimulants, an extremely high proportion reported that they currently smoked cigarettes. The smoking rate of more than 90% is...
Why Do Our Brains Get Addicted?
Neuroscientist Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH, applies a lens of addiction to the obesity epidemic.
Importance of a Standard Unit Dose for Cannabis Research
A standardized measure for 9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content in cannabis products is necessary to advance research both on the adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. risks for brain development, mental illness and addiction) and on the drug's...
Ahsania Mission Female Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center Observes International Women’s Day 2020
Reflecting the theme - “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights”, Ahsania Mission Female Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center organized a human chain formation followed by a discussion meeting in collaboration with Dhaka...
Celebration of 30 Years of Drug Prevention & Treatment Activities of Dhaka Ahsania Mission
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said that the society will lose proactive capable manpower if we cannot eradicate drug related problems from our country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina strictly directed to make the dope tests mandatory for...
The Eighth Recovery Get-Together at Ahsania Mission Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center
Ahsania Mission Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, Gazipur, Bangladesh organized the 8th Recovery Get-Together on 28 February 2020 at its premises, to celebrate the healthy drug-free lives of 170 recovered Substance Use Disorder...
Methodologies Mini-Course: Mobile Health Tobacco Interventions Among Low-Income Smokers
In this SRNT-U Methodologies Mini-Course, you'll hear about Dr. Monica Webb Hooper's work with the use of mHealth for smoking cessation among low income African Americans. You'll learn about:
- some key health disparities issues that serve...
Women and Smoking Seminar
While men are currently more likely to smoke than women, this sex/gender gap is narrowing globally. This is especially concerning given that compared to men, women are at higher risk for smoking-related adverse health effects and also have...
Correlates of Problematic Internet Use among College and University Students in Eight Countries: An International Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
Background and aims
Internet use has increased worldwide exponentially over the past two decades, with no up-to-date cross-country comparison of Problematic Internet Use (PIU) and its correlates available. The present study aimed...
Assessing the Symptoms of Internet Gaming Disorder among College/University Students: An International Validation Study of a Self-Report
The present study evaluated the psychometric properties of a self-report scale for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) symptoms according to the DSM–5 and ICD–11 among 3270 college/univers ity students (2095 [64.1%] females; age mean...
CONDUCTA DE RIESGO SEXUAL Y CONSUMO DE DROGAS EN LA MUJER
Autores: Desiree MolinaMSc,Greysi Rivero, Sandra Colina
El objeto de la presente investigación es determinar la relación entre la conducta de riesgo sexual y consumo de drogas en mujeres participantes de un programa...
Effect of an Anxiety Management Program in Cocaine Abusers in Maracaibo, Venezuela
Molina, Desirée, José Felix Ribas Foundation, Venezuela; Lopez, Susana, Instituto Nacional del Menor, Venezuela
Anxiety and mood disorders have been described as key symptoms of the abstinence syndrome experienced by cocaine users during...
Single-Session Evidence-Informed Vaping & Marijuana Prevention Plus Wellness: Free Webinar
Webinar Objectives:
- Explore the contents in the Vaping and Marijuana PPW program manuals for high school and middle school adolescents.
- Compare scripts for providing Vaping and Marijuana PPW to youth individually and in group settings. ...
Single-Session Evidence-Based SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness: Free Webinar
Webinar Objectives:
- Explore the contents in the SPORT PPW program manuals for high school, middle school and elementary school youth.
- Compare scripts for providing SPORT PPW to youth individually and in group settings.
- Review...
ASAP Training Project
For a number of years, different measures have been taken in Europe to improve the quality of drug prevention through developing and implementing quality standards, training sessions and analysis of drug prevention systems.
Based on the...
Health Matters: Smoking and Mental Health
It is well documented that people with severe mental health issues are more likely to smoke compared to the general population. Smoking reduces physical wellbeing and is a key modifiable risk factor for health inequality.
Despite this...
EUSPR 2020 Call for Abstracts
EUSPR 2020 is being held in Lisbon, Portugal (at EMCDDA) on 8th and 9th October 2020, with workshops and project meetings scheduled for the pre-conference day, October 7th.
The theme this year is ‘Make prevention science relevant for all...
Alcohol/Drug/Mental Health Information Professionals Conference, April, Washington DC
Join Us! April 21-24, 2020
SALIS (Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists) and AMHL (the Association of Mental Health Librarians) invite you to spend 3 wonderful days in the nation’s capital meeting with & learning...