All Resources for 'Law Enforcement & Supply Reduction'

Substance Use and Adolescent Cognitive Development

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Scientific article
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Data
Public Health

Both alcohol and cannabis misuse is linked with impaired mental functioning. Understanding the impact of substance use is particularly important when studying the developing brain.

A recent piece of research, published in the American...

Drug Consumption in Mexican Immigrants Interviewed in Northwest Mexico-USA Border Cities

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Scientific article
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Law Enforcement
Border Control

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The purpose of this research was to confirm the existence of a relationship between the immigration stay in the United States and the use of illicit drugs. By applying a nonprobabilistic sample in Tijuana, Nogales and Ciudad...

Migración femenina a Estados Unidos y consumo de drogas

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Scientific article
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Populations
Family
Women
Law Enforcement
Border Control

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Con el objetivo de conocer la experiencia migratoria a Estados Unidos de mujeres mexicanas, de identificar si cuentan con redes sociales cercanas de usuarias de drogas, así como valorar la presencia de consumo de dichas sustancias...

Smoking and Obesity in Chile’s Third National Health Survey

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Scientific article
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Public Health
Statistics
Regulatory Control of Substances

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The Chilean Ministry of Health recently disclosed the first results of the 2016–2017 National Health Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Salud, ENS). The survey was cross-sectional and used a multistage stratified random sampling...

2018 NDARC Annual Research Symposium - Presentations

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Website
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Mental Health
Data
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

A number of presentations from the 2018 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, which was held on Monday, 8 October 2018, have been made available. 

The theme of the event was Clinical, community and policy responses to emerging problems in drug...

Mombasa to set up prison drug rehabilitation clinic

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Mombasa's prison department will soon be introducing methadone programs for heroin injecting drug users.

SPR 27th Annual Meeting - Call for Papers

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News
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Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Statistics
Mental Health
Policy
Ethics
Data

SPR 27th ANNUAL MEETING

May 28 – May 31, 2019

Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

CALLS NOW AVAILABLE:

Papers, NIDA International Poster Session, Preconference Workshops, and "Brown Bag" SIGs

Submission Deadline for ALL...

Native American Teens at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse

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Scientific article
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Data
Prevention
Public Health

A recent study has found that Native American adolescents are at greater risk of alcohol and drug abuse than other American teens.

Survey results were collected from 1,700 Native American students at 31 schools across the United States and...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Crime-Reducing Drug Treatment Systems

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

Last of the 25 cells of the Drug Treatment Matrix explores research on how local treatment systems can protect the community – treatment in itself, and treatment offered or imposed by law enforcement authorities. The task is to meld...