The Permanent Forum for Drug Mobilization was launched by the Ministry of Citizenship on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, in Brasilia and called for entities and society to participate in the work of prevention and combating drugs. In addition to the federal government's commitment to investing in effective public policies in defense and assistance to drug addicts and family members, the mobilization warned of the harms of the use of narcotics.

The proposal also wants to raise awareness among the population on central topics, reflecting the position of the Brazilian population mainly contrary to...

The harmful use of alcohol and other drugs is a topic that Brazilian society frequently discusses, but due to its breadth and complexity, it is also a subject that returns to the debate due to the depth of its causes and the severity of its effects, in addition to requiring a systematic and continuous approach.

Brazilian legislation deals with the issue of drugs, proposing actions of prevention, treatment and social reintegration that are required of federated entities whose execution requires social and community support. Such actions must be carried out by organizations in the areas of...

Lors du 6e Congrès international Freemind, qui s’est tenu du 4 au 7 décembre 2019 à Águas de Lindóia/SP – Brésil, nous avons eu la présence du Dr William D. Crano, qui occupe la chaire Oskamp et est professeur de psychologie à la Division des sciences comportementales et organisationnelles de la Claremont Graduate University.

Le Dr William a participé à un panel dont le thème était « La cigarette courante et les nouvelles façons de s’intoxiquer avec de la nicotine » et a abordé la question de l’essor des cigarettes électroniques (vapes) et du rétablissement de la nicotine comme dépendance...

Research carried out at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) – Brazil has developed a particle capable of capturing cocaine circulating in the blood of a living organism. The formulation proved to be efficient even in lethal doses of the drug, which means that it can reverse an overdose that would lead to death. It is the first time that a particle produced from nanotechnology has been used for this purpose.

The work was developed in the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UFG by researcher Sarah Rodrigues Fernandes, under the guidance of Professor Eliana Martins Lima. They...

La ville d’Água Branca, dans l’État de Piauí, a développé le projet « Bien vivre, c’est vivre sans drogue », en raison des nombreuses demandes des familles souffrant de ces facteurs. Le Centre de Soutien en Santé Familiale d’Água Branca reçoit fréquemment des familles référées par les Stratégies de Santé Familiale qui souffrent beaucoup en raison de l’utilisation de drogues par un ou plusieurs membres de la famille.

Le projet vise à agir de manière préventive, en renforçant la qualité de vie et en renforçant les liens familiaux et sociaux.

La période de l’adolescence est comprise comme le...

COMORBIDADE

Comorbidade pode ser definida como a coocorrência de duas ou mais enfermidades ou transtornos, em uma mesma pessoa, num determinado período de tempo (ou por tempo indeterminado).

A manifestação de transtornos mentais e de comportamento, decorrentes do uso de drogas e de outros transtornos psiquiátricos, vem sendo bastante estudada desde os anos 80. Pode-se dizer que o abuso de substâncias psicoativas é o transtorno coexistente mais frequente entre os portadores de transtornos mentais, sendo fundamental o correto diagnóstico das doenças envolvidas.

Os transtornos mais comuns...

Drugs are problems that integrate virtually all contemporary societies, causing great social and economic impacts. In Brazil, illicit drugs also finance crime and violence, so their fight remains a huge challenge for our country.

Most users are young and start using these substances still at school, at an increasingly premature age. The truth is that, both in large metropolises and in regions farther from Brazilian territory, consumption and addiction start more and earlier.

According to the Brazilian Center for Information on Psychotropic Drugs (CEBRID), adolescence is a period of...

University students are considered a risk population with regard to alcohol consumption, either by frequency of consumption or its consequences, which can even considerably affect the academic performance of the student. For this reason, alcohol consumption in this population has been the focus of concerns and searches for effective interventions to reduce consumption, as well as associated problems and consequences.

According to data from the United Nations (UN, 2013), alcohol is the most consumed psychoactive substance in the world, with significant growth in consumption among university...

What is prevention?
I think the definition of "prevention science" by the Academic Science for Prevention Network (SPAN) fully encompasses the role of this field. It is a very rich field in terms of combining and using knowledge from many disciplines to consider etiology, epidemiology, intervention design, efficacy and implementation for the prevention of a variety of health and social problems. We don't just talk about substance use prevention, but also violence, suicide, obesity, mental illness, sexual health, chronic disease, etc. We focus on behavior as a determinant of poor health and...