All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Trend in the Affordability of Tobacco Products in Bangladesh

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Scientific article
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Policy

Abstract

Background: The price of tobacco products in relation to the income of tobacco users—affordability—is recognised as a key determinant of tobacco use behaviour. The effectiveness of a price increase as a deterrent to tobacco use...

Medical Marijuana Users Are More Likely to Use Prescription Drugs Medically and Nonmedically

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Scientific article
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Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Previous studies have found a negative population-level correlation between medical marijuana availability in US states, and trends in medical and nonmedical prescription drug use. These studies have been interpreted...

The Hardest Hit: Addressing the Crisis in Alcohol Treatment Services

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy

This research, launched at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm on 1 May 2018, warns that the alcohol treatment sector is in crisis. These services are entering into a cycle of disinvestment, staff depletion, and reduced...

Funcionamiento familiar e intentos de suicidio en un hospital público de Argentina

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Women
Mental Health

Resumen

Objetivo

Analizar los componentes funcionales de la dinámica familiar y factores asociados al intento de suicidio en pacientes asistidos en un hospital público de Argentina en el año 2015.

Métodos

Se realizó un estudio...

Alcohol and Mental Health: Policy and Practice in England

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Mental Health
Policy
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Many people who misuse alcohol also have a mental health difficulty, and many people with mental health problems also misuse alcohol. Yet few get effective help from either alcohol or mental health services. National...

Taking a New Line on Drugs

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Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Public Health
Policy

This report, ‘Taking a New Line on Drugs’, comes at a timely moment for drugs strategy both in the UK and across the world. The special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the world drug problem, which took place in New York...

Overview of European University-Based Study Programmes in the Addictions Field

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Book
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Theories and Science
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

In 2015, the team from the Department of Addictology (First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague) in cooperation with our colleague from the Department of Community Medicine & Health Care...

Evaluation of the national strategy to address the problem of drugs in Uruguay

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Book
Themes
Policy
Public Health

This document presents the findings of the external evaluation of the national strategy for drug (END) developed by a team from the Faculty of social sciences of the University of the Republic in the last quarter of 2014. The document is...

Trends and Patterns of Marijuana Use in Men and Women Seeking Drug Treatment

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Women

Abstract

Introduction: Marijuana is the world’s most widely used illegal drug. In Mexico, it is the drug of choice for both male and female users of all ages, and there has been a recent increase in its use. 

Objective: To describe drug...