This report uses an enhanced conceptualisation of self-injury mortality (SIM), which comprised registered or known suicides by any method and estimated non-suicide deaths from opioid and other drug self-intoxication. SIM surpassed...
OVERVIEW
Fundamentals: Few recent studies have investigated in our half the magnitude and trends of the impact of tobacco in lost productivity. The objective of this study was to describe the proportion of episodes and days in non...
Sexual Behaviour and Abuse of Drugs Among Urban Teenagers in Lagos
Molobe Ikenna Daniel 1, 2, 3, 4
1 Unified Initiative for a Drug-Free Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria
2 World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD), Stockholm, Sweden
3 Foundation for...
Hundreds of studies have tested the efficacy or effectiveness of school curriculum-based (CB) substance use prevention programs. Over the years, various researchers have also tested programs that included school curricula, but with the...
As countries embark on public health-oriented drug law reform, health impact evaluations are needed. In 2012, Mexico mandated the narcomenudeo reform, which depenalised the possession of small amounts of drugs and...
Research shows that parents are the number one reason young people decide not to drink alcohol. This new App developed by SAMHSA features an interactive simulation that helps parents learn the do's and don'ts of...
Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital (CAMH) has developed a new fact sheet on recreational cannabis for parents/guardians and caregivers of youth aged 12-18. It provides information about cannabis, cannabis legalisation, risks...
Objectives: Interventions addressing the individual and environmental protective factors of adolescents are suggested to have potential for reducing adolescent substance use. While universally delivered school-based substance use...
