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Bhutan is recognised for its development philosophy of Gross National Happiness, which places the well-being of people above gross domestic product. However, over the last few years, the number of patients with mental disorder seeking help...
In partnership with the National Governors’ Association and Milbank Memorial Fund, the Center for Evidence-based Policy has created CLOUD: Curated Library about Opioid Use for Decision-makers.
CLOUD's mission is to curate high quality...
Opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the U.S. has been steadily increasing over the last two decades. In 2017 alone, 2.1 million Americans suffered from opioid use disorder (OUD), and 47,600 died from opioid overdose.
Predictably, the...
This technical report focuses on an elimination barometer for viral hepatitis to help countries assess progress towards eliminating hepatitis C and B among people who inject drugs (PWID).
The barometer is being developed by the EMCDDA...
Indické ministerstvo zdravotnictví navrhlo zákaz výroby a dovozu elektronických cigaret.
Ministerstvo se obává, že používání e-cigaret se stane "epidemií" mezi dětmi a mladými dospělými, a proto je zákaz těchto výrobků ve veřejném zájmu.
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In terms of global alcohol consumption, Russia has been consistently considered one of the countries with the highest track record of heavy drinking.
However, recent figure have found Russian alcohol consumption has decreased by 43% from...
This week the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released the European Prevention Curriculum - a handbook designed for decision, opinion and policy makers in science-based prevention of substance use. The...
Životní cyklus cigarety si vybírá těžkou daň
na životním prostředí od pěstování tabáku až po likvidaci nedopalků a obalů.
I když jsou ekologické dopady tabáku zastíněny jeho ničivými účinky na lidské zdraví, jsou přesto značné a důvodem k...
Alcohol Change UK has gathered statistics related to alcohol consumption in the 
United Kingdom.
The report provides information on:
Some key...
In Classification of Drugs: when science was left behind, the Global Commission on Drug Policy explains how the historical classification of psychoactive substances has contributed to the "world drug problem".
It is the first-ever...
The European Drug Prevention Quality Standards have been 
established to provide a comprehensive set of criteria to help users learn how to recognise 'high quality' prevention activities, outline the necessary structurally and procedural...
Evropské normy kvality protidrogové prevence byly zavedeny s cílem poskytnout komplexní soubor kritérií, která uživatelům pomohou 
naučit se rozpoznávat "vysoce kvalitní" preventivní činnosti, nastínit nezbytné strukturální a procedurální...
Letošní téma konference, Proč je kontext důležitý: Směrem k místní preventivní vědě, vyzývá vědce v oblasti prevence, aby výslovně uznali ústřední roli, kterou mají geografické pojmy, jako je umístění, vzdálenost, distribuce, konektivita...
The International Program and the Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will host the 13th Annual NIDA International SPR Poster Session at the SPR 28th Annual Meeting in...
The CDPE has conducted an international cross-comparison of illegal drug policies to create an online tool – the Drug Policy Metrics Map.
The map demonstrates the alignment and gaps between the metrics that countries use to assess the...
Alcohol remains one of the most commonly used psychoactive substances in Europe. Despite being a major risk factor for burden of disease, with substantial impacts not only on individual drinkers but also on the broader society, alcohol...
SHAAP a Eurocare zveřejnily souhrnnou zprávu pokrývající diskuse, které se konaly během 8. konference o evropské politice alkoholu (8EAPC) na Royal College of Physicians v Edinburghu ve Skotsku ve dnech 20. a 21. listopadu 2018.
Konferenc...
Národní knihovna pro výzkum zdraví zveřejnila nový informační přehled, který obsahuje informace o léčbě, prevalenci a úmrtnosti v Irsku.
Informativní přehled obsahuje:
Research suggests methamphetamine use is higher amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders compared to non-Indigenous Australians.
The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the key information on the use of...
In recent years, the tobacco pandemic’s magnitude and trajectory has shifted away from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries and so have the tobacco industry’s marketing efforts and tactics.
Research suggests that Sub...