Conclusions: Future research on the relationships between delay discounting, substance abuse, and financial mismanagement can provide important insights for developing improved prevention and treatment strategies. PMID: 22211535 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
Thursday, December 29, 2011
There is a different way to get that hit of nicotine without hurting yourself and those around you according to prominent harm reduction specialists like Bill Godshall of Smoke Free Pennsylvania. It’s called an e-cigarette and it is the future of smoking in America
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Cigarette and alcohol use by eighth, 10th and 12th-graders are at their lowest point since the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey began polling teenagers in 1975, according to this year’s survey results. However, this positive news is tempered by a slowing rate of decline in teen smoking as well as continued high rates of abuse of other tobacco products (e.g…
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Cigarette and alcohol consumption among 8th, 10th and 12th graders (14, 16 and 18 year olds) are lower than they have ever been since certain records began in 1975, but marijuana and non-medical prescription medication usage has increased, says a new report – “Monitoring the Future” (MTF) – issued by The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)…
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group (NDSAG) has announced its 2012 conference which will explore 21 years of experience and the future for motivational interviewing. The conference will include a keynote from Professor Stephen Rollnick, author of ‘Behaviour Change: a guide for health care professionals’ and co-author with Bill Miller of the seminal ‘Motivational Interviewing’. Download the flyer New Directions and Motivational Interviewing 21 years of experience and the future for motivational interviewing or the Welsh verison here
Abstract Aims: Studies of the relationship between social norms and marijuana use have generally focused on individual attitudes, leaving the influence of larger societal-level attitudes unknown. The present study investigated societal-level disapproval of marijuana use defined by birth cohort or by time period. Design: Combined analysis of nationally-representative annual surveys of secondary school students in the U.S
For some people, alcohol is a social lubricant. For others, it’s an unpleasant downer
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
A widely used index for assessing adolescent drinking-related problems has been found to be effective at predicting the future alcohol dependence of teen-age drinkers, according to an Indiana University study which also found that the association was stronger for adolescent female drinkers…
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute faculty member leads study resulting in new insight on rehabilitating brain function in addicts People with addictions to stimulants tend to choose instant gratification or a smaller but sooner reward over a future benefit, even if the future reward is greater…
A major new study shows that a pregnant mother’s diet not only sensitizes the fetus to those smells and flavors, but physically changes the brain directly impacting what the infant eats and drinks in the future…
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