Gli adolescenti transgender affrontano un tremendo stress sociale nelle famiglie e nelle scuole, che spesso porta a disparità di salute comportamentale. Questo studio ha valutato se i tassi di uso di sostanze fossero più...
Since the 1930s, the response to drug addiction has moved from one that focuses on the need to punish users to another that recognises the importance of prevention and treatment approaches.
In other words, thanks to scientific advances...
Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in the US and in Europe. Recently, a range of new substances that have similar effects have become available. These are known as synthetic cannabinoids (SCs). Little is known about the risks...
In che misura la posizione socioeconomica influisce sui comportamenti di consumo degli adolescenti?
Un nuovo articolo recentemente pubblicato sulla rivista accademica BMC Public Health affronta questa domanda nel contesto di sei diversi...
Gli antidolorifici da prescrizione sono secondi solo alla marijuana come droga preferita negli Stati Uniti. Circa 91,8 milioni di americani di età pari o superiore a 18 anni hanno utilizzato antidolorifici da prescrizione nel 2014, secondo...
Preventing Marijuana Use among Youth and Young Adults is a new release from the US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
It provides the latest facts about marijuana use in the United States and includes information...
Geraldine González Willim es experta en la prevención y el tratamiento de adicciones de drogas legales o ilegales. En esta entrevista, detalla sobre los planes de acción aplicables al Paraguay para luchar contra un flagelo que cada día...
Line Up Live Up is a new United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Trainer Manual prepared by Peer van der Kreeft of HoGent University College Ghent’s Department for Education, Health and Social Work.
It looks to promote sport and...
There is a growing body of research highlighting the potential benefits of integrated care as a way of addressing the needs of people with alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, given the broad range of other issues...
Reports associate marijuana use with cardiovascular emergencies. Studies relating marijuana use to cardiovascular mortality are scarce. Recent advance towards marijuana use legalization emphasizes the importance of...
Inspection findings were supplemented by fieldwork in eight prisons in 2014 to generate an overall picture of drug use and responses to it in prisons in England and Wales. In the face of rapidly changing and varied drug use patterns, policy...
Seen as excluding health concerns and requiring an individualistic and ‘premises by premises’ approach, interviews with stakeholders and a revisiting of the 2003 Licensing Act for England and Wales suggest it could nevertheless be used to...
The Pan American Journal of Public Health is currently looking for a Consultant to work in the editorial office at Washington, D.C., supporting editorial tasks related to the implementation of new editorial features, translation requests...
L'uso eccessivo o rischioso di alcol è una causa prevenibile di morbilità e mortalità significative negli Stati Uniti e in tutto il mondo. L'uso di alcol è un comune fattore di rischio di cancro prevenibile tra i giovani adulti; È associato...
La cannabis è sempre più disponibile per il trattamento del dolore cronico, ma la sua efficacia rimane incerta.
Scopo: Rivedere i benefici dei preparati di cannabis a base vegetale per il trattamento del dolore cronico negli...
Di Kelly Young
A cura di David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH e Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD
Le prove sono limitate sui benefici dell'uso di cannabis per il trattamento del dolore cronico e del disturbo da stress post-traumatico, secondo due...
Prevention of Substance Abuse by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is a report that draws on evidence-based research to assess substance use prevention interventions, in terms of their ability to...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood (2017) is a special volume that supplements the organisation’s Preventing Drug Abuse Among Children and Adolescents, released in 2003...
Almost two thirds of men in the UK Armed Forces are considered to drink harmful amounts of alcohol.
This is compared with around one third of the average population.
According to a new study published in the Journal of the Royal Army...
During adolescence, the brain is still maturing. This includes not only biological, but also psychosocial behavioural development.
So, what are the effects of heavy drinking on the adolescent brain?
This question is the focus of a...