Friday, February 10, 2012
Researchers from Dalhousie University found that, individuals are almost two times more likely to cause a vehicle collision if they consume cannabis within three hours of driving than individuals not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Abstract Aims: The aim of this experiment was to determine the influence of acute bupropion pretreatment on subject-rated effects and choice of intranasal cocaine versus money. Design: A randomized, within-subject, placebo-controlled, double-blind experiment. Setting: An outpatient research unit
Filed in Evidence Base, cocaine
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Also tagged acute-bupropion, acutely-appears, choices-between, cocaine, cocaine-versus, drug-choices, experiment, oral-immediate, placebo-cocaine, sample
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Friday, November 18, 2011
A new study of twins led by the University of Colorado Boulder shows that today’s smokers are more strongly influenced by genetic factors than in the past and that the influence makes it more difficult for them to quit. “In the past, when smoking rates were higher, people smoked for a variety of reasons,” said sociology Professor Fred Pampel, a study co-author…
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
A survey of 2,300 young people published by Alcohol Concern said most respondents wanted more protection from alcohol advertising. Alcohol Concern said there is recognition of a need to protect under-18s from exposure to alcohol promotion, although children and young people as young as 11 are regularly exposed to alcohol advertising.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, before-the-9pm, below-the-line, children, government, make-it-harder, martin-plant, recently-called, risks, young people
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Drivers who test positive for marijuana or reported using marijuana and then driving have double the risk of being involved in a vehicle accidents, compared to drivers who are not under the influence, researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, New York, reported in the journal Epidemiologic Reviews…
Filed in Uncategorized
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Also tagged being-involved, columbia, double-the-risk, epidemiologic, journal, public, public-health, risk, the-journal, the-risk, then-driving
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This paper analyses driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs (DUI) from a governmentality perspective. The paper is based on qualitative interviews with 25 persons, convicted of drink-driving and at the time of the interviews participating in Alcohol/Traffic courses in Denmark (mandatory courses for DUI-convicted people)
Over 10 million people age 12 or older are estimated to have driven under the influence of illicit drugs in the prior year, according to a 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. While marijuana is the most commonly detected non-alcohol drug in drivers, its role in causing crashes has remained in question…
Filed in Uncategorized
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Also tagged causing-crashes, health-while, its-role, million-people, national, national-survey, prior, survey-on-drug, the-most, the-prior, under-the-influence
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Friday, September 30, 2011
The changes in behavior that come about under the influence of alcohol, such as difficulty controlling muscles for walking and talking, may be influenced by immune cells in the brain, according to a new study from Australia published in the British Journal of Pharmacology this month…
Filed in Uncategorized
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Also tagged australia, brain, british-journal, difficulty-controlling, immune-cells, month, new-study, pharmacology, such-as-difficulty, the-brain, under-the-influence
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Most parents recognize that the influence of peers on their children’s behavior is an undeniable fact. But, just how far do these influences reach? A study published in the September/October issue of Academic Pediatrics reports that adolescents are more likely to start drinking alcoholic beverages when they have large social networks of friends…
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A new study by The Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) explores media representations of alcohol and their influence on teenage drinking.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, alcohol-reports, binge drinking, friends, health-literacy, joseph, joseph-rowntree, liverpool-john, media, perceived, policy, research, young people
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