Close family relationships may protect teenagers from alcohol use, according to research by The University of Queensland’s Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (CYSAR) and the Centre for Adolescent Health in Melbourne…
DrugScope has responded to a joint report on new drugs published by Europol, the European law enforcement agency, and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. The two agencies state that a total of 41 new psychoactive substances were officially reported across Europe in 2010. This is almost double the 24 reported in 2009…
Illicit drug overdose deaths in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside dropped by 35 per cent after the establishment of Insite, North America’s first supervised injection facility, according a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS…
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Despite the fact that the Swedish Alcohol Retail Monopoly’s sales are rising and statistics from Statistics Sweden indicate that we drink more and more alcohol, the trend is going in the opposite direction Swedes’ alcohol consumption is falling.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Plans to allow more freedom for pubs to serve smaller measures have been confirmed . A Guardian article highlighted premises will be able to sell wine in measures of under 75ml, while beers can be sold in Australian-style “schooners” which hold two-thirds of a pint.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Two new guidance documents are available from SMART recovery UK , a new peer support (mutual aid) organisation.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found that 29,000 Ontario students from grades 7-12 report behaviours indicating that they are gambling problematically.
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The Honourable Gary Lunn, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Minister of State (Sport), recently announced Government of Canada funding support under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund of the National Anti-Drug Strategy to the University of Victoria’s Centre for Addictions Research B.C…
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
A mobile outreach program staffed by current and former sex workers is associated with increased entry to detoxification and residential drug treatment among women in street-based sex work, according to an evaluation led by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British Columbia (UBC)…
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
A study led by researchers at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) at St. Paul’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia has found that supervised injection facilities such as Vancouver’s Insite connect clients with addiction treatment, which in turn resulted in greater likelihood of stopping injection drug use for at least six months…