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At national level alcohol-related harm and especially the net cost of harm versus benefits are slippery concepts. Malleability and policy salience combine to make the estimates contested territory, seen as justifying reduced alcohol taxes...

La Agenda Nacional de Investigación para la Lucha contra las Drogas 2016 - 2021 define líneas estratégicas y temáticas prioritarias de investigación que abarquen los diferentes aspectos y complejidades de la problemática de las drogas en el...

Introduction

Alcohol marketing, promotion and sponsorship are widespread in most of the world today. Alcohol marketing is evolving constantly and utilizes multiple channels, including youth-oriented radio, television, sports events and...

                                      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...

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...

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Φόντο

Η «μεταρρύθμιση του narcomenudeo» του Μεξικού το 2009 αποποινικοποίησε μικρές ποσότητες ναρκωτικών, μετατοπίζοντας μέρος της επιβολής του νόμου περί ναρκωτικών στις πολιτείες και επιβάλλοντας την εκτροπή της θεραπείας...

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...

Η ευρωπαϊκή διαβούλευση της Αφρικανικής Ένωσης για τη μείωση της ζήτησης ναρκωτικών που διοργανώθηκε από την Αφρικανική Ένωση πραγματοποιήθηκε στην Τυνησία από τις 1 έως τις 3 Νοεμβρίου. Η ISSUP προσκλήθηκε να παρευρεθεί και να συμβάλει...

Abstract

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...

Abstract

Objective: Taxation equitably reduces smoking, the leading cause of health inequalities. The tobacco industry (TI) can, however, undermine the public health gains realised from tobacco taxation through its pricing strategies...

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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...

12- to 17-year-olds in the US are now far less likely to misuse alcohol, nicotine and illegal drugs. The same age group is also less prone to delinquent behaviours, such as stealing and fighting than the generation before. This is according...

ABSTRACT

Tobacco taxes are usually considered regressive as the poorest individuals allocate larger shares of their budget towards the purchase of tobacco related products. However, because these taxes also discourage tobacco use, some...

BACKGROUND

Although the opioid epidemic is a national issue, states shoulder the majority of the financial and social burden caused by addiction. Fortunately, there are many actions that states can take to effectively address the opioid...

Η νέα Εθνική Πολιτική για το Αλκοόλ για το Μαλάουι βρίσκεται στα σκαριά από το 2008, μια διαδικασία που ξεκίνησε αρχικά από μια ομάδα ΜΚΟ. Στις 18 Αυγούστου, σχεδόν δέκα χρόνια αργότερα, ο υπουργός Υγείας, Atupele Muluzi, θα μπορούσε να...