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Drug Trends and Drug Awareness Training

13 June 2019

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Update your drug awareness knowledge with information on current trends in drug use including NPS (New Psychoactive Substances) with this credible and informative course. We discuss the most commonly used drugs and explore ways of working with people.

Course aims

Fifth Contemporary Drug Problems Conference

4 September 2019

Prato

Fifth Contemporary Drug Problems Conference will be held from the 4th to the 6th September 2019 at the Monash University Prato Centre in Prato, Italy, near Florence.

The theme of the event is Rethinking ‘Change’: New Theories, New Topics, New Questions, New Methods.

Cannabis Policy and Legislation in the Nordic Countries

Book

15 April 2019

Cannabis is used throughout the Nordic countries, with a particular increase in use among young adults. Markets and attitudes towards the drug have evolved, therefore there is a need to understand follow societies response to its use. This...

Drug Use In Nigeria

Book

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (CRISA) have conducted the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in Nigeria.

Alcohol Treatment in Ireland 2011 to 2017

Book

20 March 2019

The Health Resource Board has published its latest bulletin and infographic describing the trends in treated problem alcohol use between 2011 to 2017.

Alcohol Consumption and Parenthood

Scientific article

13 February 2019

A recent study sought to determine the extent to which the transition to parenthood protects against problematic alcohol consumption.

E-Collection: Alcohol Consumption and Harmful Use of Alcohol

Website

2 November 2017

E-collection, put together by the European Journal of Public Health, analysing alcohol consumption and related harm.

The Increased Trend of Non-drinking Alcohol Among Adolescents: What Role Do Internet Activities Have?

Scientific article

1 February 2019

Is the increase in non-drinking amount adolescents linked with spending more time on the internet?

Prevalence and Pattern of Psychoactive Substance Use among Female Students in North India

Scientific article

24 January 2019

The frequent collection, analysis and publication of data on psychoactive substance use among young people is essential to follow trends which can be used to inform practice and public health policy. In India, psychoactive substance use is...

Trends in Self-Poisoning and Psychotropic Drug Use in People Aged 5–19 Years

Scientific article

20 February 2019

Abstract Objectives: To characterise trends in self-poisoning and psychotropic medicine use in young Australians. Design: Population-based retrospective cohort study. Setting Calls taken by the New South Wales and Victorian Poisons...