All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

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Book
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Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law
Law Enforcement
Police 
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

This week the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) publicly rolled out the 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in...

Does AA Really Help Drinkers Stop?

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

12-step fellowships offer a way to reconcile shrunken resources with the desire to get more patients safely out of treatment. Accounting for the self-selection bias which has obscured AA’s impacts, this synthesis of US trials finds that...

Cocaine Addiction Leads to Build-Up of Iron in the Brain

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
According to a new study, cocaine addiction may alter the way the body processes iron.

US Pediatricians Warn of Rising Risks to Youth from Loosening Marijuana Laws

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Policy

New American Academy of Pediatrics report calls on doctors to help protect patients’ developing brains and bodies from the health harms of marijuana amid increased legalisation

The AAP urges pediatricians screen adolescents and preteens...

The Impact of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders on the HIV Continuum of Care

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Public Health

Alcohol use is highly prevalent globally with numerous negative consequences to human health, including HIV progression, in people living with HIV (PLH). The HIV continuum of care, or treatment cascade, represents a sequence of targets for...

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Substance Use Disorders

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

This guideline represents a significant step toward improving the treatment and management of patients with substance use disorders (SUD) in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD). As with other clinical...

XR-Naltrexone: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

The Providers' Clinical Support System for Medication Assisted Treatment (PCSS-MAT) experts have recently created a virtual step-by-step XR-Naltrexone User Guide to assist you in your practice in treating opioid use disorder (OUD). XR...

The Urgent Need to Change the Current Medical Approach on Tobacco Cessation in Latin America

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Scientific article
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Policy
Prevention
Public Health

Absract

Despite the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of smoking and the new paradigm of smoking as a disease where nicotine is the drug that modifies the functional and morphological characteristics of...