All Resources for 'Public Health'

Characteristics of Persons Who Inject Drugs and Who Witness Opioid Overdoses in Vietnam

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Abstract

Background

Persons who use opioids have a high risk of overdose and associated mortality. In Vietnam, little is known about the characteristics of this population and the persons who are witness to those overdoses. One approach...

Energy Drinks, Drug Use and the Developing Brain

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Policy
Partner Organisation

New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found that university students who regularly consume energy drinks are more likely to develop alcohol use disorders later in life. The same students are also at greater...

Synthetic Cathinone and Cannabinoid Designer Drugs Pose a Major Risk for Public Health

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Statistics

As part of an increasing worldwide use of designer drugs, recent use of compounds containing cathinones and synthetic cannabinoids is especially prevalent. Here, we reviewed current literature on the prevalence, epidemiology, bio-behavioral...

How States Are Tackling the Opioid Crisis

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Public Health

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Objectives:

We used data from the 2015 National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors Web-based questionnaire and other sources to demonstrate the range and scope of state initiatives being used to deal with the...

Rates and Correlates of Binge Drinking among College Students with Disabilities

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Scientific article
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Prevention

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Objective:

Our objective was to provide the first comprehensive picture of alcohol use and binge drinking by US college students with disabilities (SWDs), who represent at least 11% (1.6 million) of the US college student...

Drug Matrix Cell A1: Interventions - Ways to Reduce the Harm

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

Initiates a fortnightly course on the evidence base for harm reduction and treatment in relation to illegal drugs. Comprehensively updated, the cell explores key research on interventions to reduce the harms to the user as a result of their...

Avoidable Emergency Department Visits: A Starting Point

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Scientific article
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Policy
Public Health

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Objective

To better characterize and understand the nature of a very conservative definition of ‘avoidable’ emergency department (ED) visits in the United States to provide policy-makers insight into what interventions can target...

Overdose Deaths Related to Fentanyl and Its Analogs

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Scientific article
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Public Health

Summary

What is already known about this topic?

Illicitly manufactured fentanyl has become a significant contributor to unintentional overdose deaths in the United States.

What is added by this report?

Approximately 90% of unintentional...