All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Report of 2018 NIDA International Forum, San Diego, USA

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

INTRODUCTION

This report was written by Ikenna Daniel Molobe, Co-founder/Director of Unified Initiative for a Drug Free Nigeria; who presented a poster of his research, with support from the UNODC, at the 2018 National Institute on Drug...

Alcohol Before 18. What's the Harm - A Guide for Parents

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Guide
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Public Health

Talking about alcohol with your children can be a complicated and sensitive topic to navigate.

Young people are absorbing information about alcohol from a range of sources within their environment.

Friends, teachers, and family can shape...

Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England

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Format
Book
Themes
Data
Prevention
Public Health

Key FactsThe National Health Service has been closely following the smoking, drinking and drug use trends amongst young people in England.

The series of surveys began in 1982. The most recent 2018 survey questioned 13,664 year 7 to 11 pupils...

Adolescent Cigarettes and E-cigarettes Use

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Data
Public Health

E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that people use to inhale an aerosol, which typically contains nicotine flavourings and other chemicals. They have rapidly become the most favoured form of tobacco among youth in the United States. ...

Smoking: The Irish Situation Factsheet

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Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Policy
Data

Factsheet – Smoking: the Irish situationThe Health Research Board National Drugs Library has published a new factsheet that contains information on treatment, prevalence and mortality in Ireland.

The factsheet covers:

  • the impact of tobacco use 
  • the prevalence of smoking in...

Alcohol’s Secondhand Harms: Prevalence and Risk Factors

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Family
Men
Women
Public Health
Data

Harmful drinking can have severe physical and psychological consequences for the person consuming alcohol. However, the negative impact does not just stop at the individual level.

Researchers from the US have examined data from two...

Review of Methamphetamine Use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

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Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Policy
Data

Research suggests methamphetamine use is higher amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders compared to non-Indigenous Australians.

The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the key information on the use of...

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

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Data
Policy
Public Health

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...