All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

"Effects of Drugs on Socio-Economic Conditions of Union Council Shoghore District Chitral, Pakistan"

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Scientific article
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Public Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Border Control
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

                                      Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations

Drug addiction is a pathological or abnormal condition which arises due to frequent or abnormal use of substances which affects human senses and decreased...

Gender Differences in the Alcohol-Related Alterations in Cortical Activity

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Scientific article
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Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Men
Women

Background: Long-term alcohol use is known to harm brain functioning in adolescence. In the central nervous system, the effects of alcohol are particularly mediated by alterations in GABAergic neurotransmission. Combining simultaneous...

Measuring Improvement in Knowledge of Drug Policy Reforms Following a Police Education Program in Tijuana, Mexico

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Law Enforcement

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Background

Mexico’s 2009 “narcomenudeo reform” decriminalized small amounts of drugs, shifting some drug law enforcement to the states and mandating drug treatment diversion instead of incarceration. Data from Tijuana suggested...

Alcohol Taxation Policy in Kyrgyzstan (2017)

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Book
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Policy

Increasing the price of alcohol is one of the most effective policy measures to reduce overall consumption in a country, and hence to reduce the level of alcohol-related harm. Taxation is a common way to control the price of alcoholic...

Factors Influencing the Long-Term Sustainment of Quality Improvements Made in Addiction Treatment Facilities

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance

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Background

A greater understanding of the factors that influence long-term sustainment of quality improvement (QI) initiatives is needed to promote organizational ability to sustain QI practices over time, help improve future...

Evaluation of a Novel Intervention Providing Insight into the Tobacco Industry to Prevent the Uptake of Smoking in School-Aged Children

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Scientific article
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Prevention
School-Based
Populations
Family

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Objectives: Evidence from the US Truth campaign suggests that interventions focusing on tobacco industry practices and ethics may be effective in preventing youth smoking uptake. We developed, piloted and evaluated a school-based...

The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

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Book
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Policy

The Drug Addiction and Opioid Crisis

The primary goal of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis is to develop an effective set of recommendations for the President to combat the opioid crisis and drug...

How Can We Demonstrate the Public Value of Evidence-Based Policy Making when Government Ministers Declare that the People ‘Have Had Enough of Experts’?

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Scientific article
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Policy

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Recent political campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic have led some to argue that we live in the age of ‘post-factual’ or ‘post-truth’ politics, suggesting evidence has a limited role in debate and public policy. How can we...

Hotel Smoking Policies and Their Implementation

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Scientific article
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Policy

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Background

Most states in the U.S. permit hotels to allow smoking in some guest rooms, and only five (Indiana, Michigan, North Dakota, Vermont, and Wisconsin) require that all hotel and motel rooms be 100% smoke-free (State and...