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Unintended Consequences of the Cannabis Panacea: What Addiction Specialists Need to Know

28 October 2020

Webinar

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 @ 3-4:00pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT)

Description

Hailed as safe, natural and a potential cure-all by the public, both medical and recreational cannabis is quickly becoming legal and mainstream across the country. While it has the potential to help fill state coffers, there are many unintended consequences that will mean big challenges for addiction specialists.

WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use 2000-2025

Book

Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers. WHO has estimated that tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) is currently responsible for the death of about six million people across...

Implementing the European Action Plan on Alcohol

News

Despite efforts to reduce concerning levels of alcohol consumption in Europe through adopting the WHO European Action Plan on Alcohol (EAPA), the region continues to have the highest prevalence of drinkers, heavy episodic drinking, alcohol...

Drugs Research Network Scotland Conference

25 November 2019

Glasgow

United Kingdom

The second annual DRNS conference, supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction, will focus on the knowledge, skills and issues relevant to the future of drugs research in Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Tobacco Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Risks and Challenges

Scientific article

21 May 2019

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...

‘Doing More With Less’: An Appropriate Response to Alcohol-Related Death?

Book

Deaths in England directly caused by alcohol rose by 11% between 2006 and 2017. During the same period, hospital admissions in which alcohol misuse was a primary factor increased by 17%. In 2017 alone almost 1 million hospital admissions...

Drug-related Deaths and Mortality in Europe: Update from the EMCDDA Expert Network

Book

30 July 2019

This publication provides an update on drug-related deaths in Europe, presenting and analysing the latest data and trends in drug-induced deaths and overall mortality among high-risk drug users in the European Union and beyond. It draws on...

Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs in Australia Web Report

Book

25 July 2019

The consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs is a major cause of preventable disease and illness in Australia. This report consolidates the most recently available information on alcohol, tobacco and other drug use in Australia, and...

European Drug Report (EDR) 2019: Trends and Developments

Book

6 June 2019

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has published the latest European Drug Report, which provides an analysis of the latest data on the drug trends across the European Union, Norway and Turkey. The aim of...

The Tobacco Atlas

Website

The Tobacco Atlas is a resource to help us understand the full implications of tobacco use and the solutions that can help to resolve the problem.