All Resources for 'Public Health'

Synthetic Pot: Not Your Grandfather’s Marijuana

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Scientific article
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Public Health

In the early 2000s in Europe and shortly thereafter in the USA, it was reported that ‘legal’ forms of marijuana were being sold under the name K2 and/or Spice. Active ingredients in K2/Spice products were determined to be synthetic...

Crime and Social Impacts of Alcohol

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Book
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Public Health
Statistics
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Alcohol-related crime and social disorder is estimated to cost UK taxpayers £11bn per year, at 2010/11 prices.[1]

Alcohol-related crime makes up a substantial portion of violent offences across the UK (47% in England and Wales in 2014/15,[...

Delaying Marijuana Use to Age 17 Is Better for the Teenage Brain

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Scientific article
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Prevention

The longer teenagers delay the use of marijuana, the better it is for their developing brains. However, a new study has found that there may be little adverse effect if one starts smoking the drug after the age of 17. According to the...

Reviewing England's Drug Misuse Treatment System

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health

Public Health England’s recently published review reveals that the country’s drug misuse treatment system is performing well. However, there are still several areas that call for improvements.

Amongst the report’s findings, notable are:

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Enzymes Involved in Cocaine Metabolism: A New Pharmacologic Approach to Treat Overdose Due to Cocaine

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction

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Introduction: New therapeutic strategies against cocaine overdose toxicity have been developed. These new approaches are based on the design and synthesis of proteins involved in the destruction of cocaine before...

Multiple Fentanyl Overdoses — New Haven, Connecticut, June 23, 2016

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Addiction
Populations
Family

Summary

What is already known about this topic?

Fentanyl and its analogs have been substituted for heroin and other opioids, and are usually marketed to persons seeking opioids. Because of fentanyl’s high potency compared with heroin...

New Online Training for Practitioners, Peer Mentors and Service Managers

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

This new platform allows substance misuse, probation and prison services to upskill their workforces in a scalable and consistent way, and optimise their use of the digital behaviour change programme Breaking Free.

Service providers can...

Plans for a Smoke-Free Finland Gather Pace

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News
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Prevention
Public Health

Finland plans to cut consumption of tobacco products -  in any form – to less than 2% among adults by 2040. As is the case with many industrialised countries, Finland’s smoking rates have decreased in recent years as a result of various...