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'Medicinal’ Cannabis & Driving – Is it an Issue? (Dalgarno Research Report)
With several global jurisdictions legalizing cannabis for either ‘medicinal’ or recreational use, the issue of its influence on public safety, particularly in motor vehicle crashes and the subsequent injuries and deaths, a more robust...
Competencies of a Graduate of the Bachelor's Study Programme in Addictology: Content Analysis of the Syllabi in the 2018/2019 Academic Year
Abstract
Background: Addictology is a transdisciplinary field dealing with the treatment andprevention of addictions. As yet the field does not have a document describing the competencies of graduates of its dedicated academic programme...
Addiction Conference 2021 Report
Czech National Conference on Illegal Addictive Substances 2021
The National Conference on Illegal Addictive Substances 2021 was organized by the Secretariat of the Government Council for the Coordination of Drug Policy - the Drug Policy Department of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic...
Интернетке негізделген терапия алкогольді тұтынудың бұзылуына бетпе-бет терапия, кездейсоқ бақыланатын кемшілікке қарсы сынақ.
Trois jours de formation en ligne sur le Traitement Pharmacologique Assisté de la Dépendance aux Opioïdes en Côte d'Ivoire
Dans le cadre des efforts visant à améliorer la qualité et l'accès des personnes atteintes de troubles liés à l'usage de drogues aux services de traitement et de soins fondés sur des preuves et en appui au récent lancement officiel du...
Preference and Behaviour Change Regarding Selected Performance-Enhancing Anabolic Androgenic Substances and Steroids in the Context of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic
BACKGROUND:
In December 2019, the Chinese government reported patients with viral pneumonia caused by a new beta coronavirus in Wuhan. In a very short time, the virus spread around the world, causing a global pandemic referred to as...
Health, Economic and Educational Trajectory Research in the Processes of Addiction Research
Dear readers,
This issue of the journal presents many interesting articles on various topics related to addiction. Mutual sign of research studies, despite their different thematic focus, is to show how important is to examine the...
Уытқұмарлықтың алдын алудағы жастардың рөлі
Шахед Зульфикар Әли Бһутто атындағы Ғылым және технологиялар институты есірткіге қатысты аңыздар мен фактілер бойынша семинар ұйымдастырды. Осы бағдарламада мен «Жастардың уытқұмарлықтың алдын алудағы рөлі» тақырыбында сессия өткізу...
New Determinants of Addictions’ Creation and Development in Changed Social Conditions
EDITORIAL
Dear readers,
This issue of the journal Addictology offers you many interesting articles on addiction, while each article’s research area is very specific. Authors examine various aspects of addiction in connection with...
Validation of the Czech Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale in a Representative Sample of Adolescents: Connections with Body Mass Index and Impulsivity
INTRODUCTION:
The Czech Republic records one of the highest prevalence levels of obesity in comparison to other European and world countries. The present study aims to fill a gap in the use of tools in research of food addiction (FA)...
Client’s Characterization in the Community Treatment Approach: Methodological Foundations and Evidence
BACKGROUND: The identity and social representation of people linked to drugs depend on their interaction with the system that collects and analyses the critical data used to describe it. AIM: The aim of this study is to see if by adopting a...
Undergraduate Education in Addictology of Students of General Medicine: Study Protocol of a Pilot Research Study in the Czech and Slovak Republics
BACKGROUND:
The current practice of undergraduate education in addictology for medical students at medical faculties both in and outside Europe does not meet the requirements and needs of practice. The rise in problems with legally...
Global Family Systems: Psychosocial Resilience during Covid-19
UNODC promotes International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders in Central Asia
13-14 December 2021 UNODC/WHO Regional Workshop on the International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (DUD) was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in hybrid format. 25 policymakers from Central Asia and high-level officials from...
UNODC takes part in digitalising drug treatment services to increase the services’ access for People with Substance Use Disorders
The UNODC Programme Office for Indonesia (POIDN), in collaboration with Indonesian Association of Addiction Counsellor (IKAI), initiated to create an application called “RehabNet”. The idea to develop this application came after seeing the...
UNODC Supports the Launch of ISSUP Indonesia Chapter
Indonesia has been promoting science-based and ethical services to improve the health, well-being and recovery of affected individuals with drug use disorders and increase public safety to all drug use disorders treatment providers both at...
Cross-sectional study on the characteristics of unrecorded alcohol consumption in nine newly independent states between 2013 and 2017
Abstract
Objectives As unrecorded alcohol use contributes to a substantial burden of disease, this study characterises this phenomenon in newly independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet Union with regard to the sources of unrecorded...