All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Biochemical mechanisms associating alcohol use disorders with cancers

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Abstract

The World Health Organization identifies alcohol as a cause of several neoplasias of the oropharynx cavity, esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, larynx, liver, or female breast. We review ethanol’s nonoxidative and oxidative...

Words matter: language can reduce mental health and addiction stigma, NIH leaders say

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
In a perspective published in Neuropsychopharmacology, leaders from the National Institutes of Health address how using appropriate language to describe mental illness and addiction can help to reduce stigma and improve how people with these conditions are treated in health care settings and throughout society.

Perspectives of illicit marijuana growers and traders on commercial legalization of marijuana in South Africa: considerations for policy formulation

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Scientific article
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Law
Policy
Supply & Market Disruption

Over the past era, there has been a call for legalizing marijuana cultivation and trading for commercial purposes in South Africa. Advocates of the call argue that the criminalization of commercial marijuana cultivation and trading has...

Variation in brief treatment for substance use disorder: a qualitative investigation of four federally qualified health centres with SBIRT services

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Quality Assurance
Public Health

Brief treatment (BT) or regular outpatient alcohol use or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is a key element of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model. It can be an effective, short-term, and low...

Substance Use Treatment and Stigma in Afghanistan: Challenges and Solutions

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Populations
Family
ISSUP Afghanistan are pleased to present their next Webinar which will include an introduction and basic information on the concept of stigma related to substance use treatment and recovery.

Global burden of cancer in 2020 attributable to alcohol consumption

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Scientific article
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Data
Public Health

​​​​​​Each year there are 3 million deaths as a result of the harmful use of alcohol.

As alcohol gets broken down, chemicals affect the way our body sends signals and communicates and increase the chances of developing cancer.

In this...

Addiction Neurobiology Reading List

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Reading List
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Neuroscience and addiction research advances have been important for understanding the neurobiological changes that occur when a person transitions from recreational substance use to a substance use disorder or addiction. Addiction neurobiology is superbly situated to benefit from numerous developments in neuroscience.

Webinar:Evidence-Based Community Interventions

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health

ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar on evidence-based community interventions.
The webinar will take place on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (Argentina time).

August 19, 2021, 18:00 - 19:00 hrs (Argentina time)

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