The sociological ‘imagination’ has long sustained theoretical and empirical interest in the consumption of alcohol and other drugs (AOD). Extending across the social sciences and into the arts and humanities, this impulse has inspired diverse accounts of the social, cultural, economic and political dimensions of AOD use in a range of disparate settings ()
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Aims: There are no studies directly comparing self-administration of methamphetamine and d -amphetamine by humans. This study compared intranasal methamphetamine- and d -amphetamine self-administration and characterized the mood, performance, and physiological effects produced by the drugs.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged assessed-before, chose-between, drug-or-money, drugs-increased, effects-on-some, equivalence, majority, methamphetamine, sampled, some-measures, study, study-compared
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
ABSTRACT Aims The average US adolescent is exposed to 34 references to alcohol in popular music daily. Although brand recognition is an independent, potent risk factor for alcohol outcomes among adolescents, alcohol brand appearances in popular music have not been assessed systematically. We aimed to determine the prevalence of and contextual elements associated with alcohol brand appearances in US popular music.
Friday, September 16, 2011
People who drink heavily may increase their risk of dying in house fires that should otherwise have been escapable, a new study suggests.
Conclusions: Further investigation is needed to determine if simple, naïve procedures such as the ELCON algorithms are optimal for comparing clinical study treatment arms. But researchers who currently require an automated algorithm in scenarios similar to those simulated for combining TLFB and UDS to test group differences in stimulant use should consider one of the ELCON algorithms. Scientific Significance: This analysis continues a line of inquiry which could determine how best to measure outpatient stimulant use in clinical trials (NIDA.
ABSTRACT Aims To evaluate long-term effects of a multi-component community-based club drug prevention program.
ABSTRACT Aims According to theprevention paradox a majority of alcohol-related problemsin a population can be attributed to low to moderate drinkers simply because they are more numerous than heavy drinkers, who have a higher individual risk of adverseoutcomes.
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Also tagged annual-alcohol, distribution, european, european-school, largely-between, month-accounted, prevention, problems-varied, support-general, survey, three-or-more
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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…
New research to be presented at next week’s International Conference on Drugs and Young People shows that many 12-17year olds are attracted to drinking alcoholic energy drinks (AEDs), especially when they look like soft drinks or regular energy drinks…
Abstract: Background: Myanmar has long been a focus of the international community as a major opium poppy cultivation region.Method: This study used remote sensing technology and ground verification to monitor opium poppy cultivation for three opium poppy growth seasons in North Myanmar.Results: The study found that opium poppy cultivation has remained high.
Filed in Evidence Base, crime
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Also tagged community-needs, cultivated-area, growing-seasons, international, levels-reported, myanmar, north-myanmar, study, total, united-nations
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