All Resources for 'Community-Based Recovery and Treatment'

One in six young people in high school tried drugs

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News
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Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Men
Women
Statistics
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Marijuana is the most widely used illegal substance, but growing consumption of 'popper'.

At least 520 thousand high school students, whose ages are between 12 and 18, have used drugs at least once in your life. That figure represents 15.9...

Influence of Parental Alcohol Dependence on Parenting and Risking Drinking

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Populations
Family

A study published in the journal of Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research explores the association between parental alcohol problems and subsequent risky drinking and behavioural issues in adolescents. 

The study utilised a sample...

Substance Use Prevention Important to Achieve SDG Goals

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family

World Leaders have been committed to fulfilling the 169 targets in achieving the 17 goals of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, among these Substance Use Prevention and Treatment is one of the most important targets. Substance...

Effects of Repeated Binge Drinking on Blood Pressure Levels and Other Cardiovascular Health Metrics in Young Adults

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women
Public Health

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Background: Binge drinking prevalence rates are highest in young adults; however, little is known about the effects of binge drinking on blood pressure (BP) and other cardiovascular health metrics in individuals between 18 and 45...

Sex‐Specific Associations between Alcohol Consumption and Incidence of Hypertension

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women
Public Health

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Background: Although it is well established that heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk of hypertension, the risk associated with low levels of alcohol intake in men and women is unclear.

Methods and Results: We searched...

UNODC World Drug Report 2018

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Women
Public Health
Statistics
Policy
Partner Organisation

The 2018 World Drug Report was launched on 26th June. The report covers a range of topics with the booklets split into drug demand and supply, drug markets, drugs and age, and women and drugs. 

The booklets are all available free to access...

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

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News
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Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Women
Public Health
Supply & Market Disruption
The 26th of June marks the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Family Management Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Substance Use in South Africa

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

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Background

An increasingly recognised prevention approach for substance use entails a reduction in risk factors, and the enhancement of promotive, or protective factors in individuals and the environment surrounding them during...

How the Opioid Crisis Is Depressing America's Labor Force

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News
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Addiction
Populations
Men
Public Health

It's been a decade since the financial crisis drove up the unemployment rate in the U.S. and forced people in the prime of their careers to give up looking for work.

Even today, as employers add jobs at a furious pace, the workforce...