Abstract: Producing and implementing credible and effective policies on illicit drug use is generally seen as an important aspect of health governance in the West.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged analysis, article, been-formulated, considered-self, controversy, generally-seen, illicit-drug, national-policy, problem, processes, recommendations, tending-towards, the-controversy, these-policies
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
In a study published online in the international journal Addiction, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh reported that the average US adolescent is heavily exposed to alcohol brand references in popular music…
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Music like rap, hip hop and R&B often contain references to branded alcoholic beverages that are commonly linked to a luxury lifestyle which degrades sexual activity, violence, wealth, partying, and the use of drugs. Researchers at the University in Pittsburgh conducted a study published online in the international journal Addiction that reports that the average U.S…
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Abstract Aims: To explore the rationale for claiming that benzodiazepines cause dependence while selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) do not. Methods: We analysed the definitions of dependence and withdrawal reactions as they had appeared over time in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). We also compared the discontinuation symptoms described for the two drug groups in a systematic review
Thursday, September 29, 2011
ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to examine the associations between reported exposure to anti-smoking warnings at the point-of-sale (POS) and smokers’ interest in quitting and their subsequent quit attempts by comparing reactions in Australia where warnings are prominent to smokers in other countries. Design A prospective multi-country cohort design was employed. Setting Australia, Canada, the UK and the US.
ABSTRACT Aims To describe some of the variability across the world in levels of quit smoking attempts and use of various forms of cessation support. Design Use of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project surveys of smokers, using the 2007 survey wave (or later, where necessary)
Abstract: Background: This paper provides a summary and analysis of the regulation of ayahuasca in Brazil, from its prohibition in the mid-eighties to the recent adoption of CONAD’s (Conselho Nacional de Políticas sobre Drogas) 2010 Resolution, which established a set of rules, norms and ethical principles to be applied to religious and ritual uses of ayahuasca.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged australia, brazil, brazilian, consideration, europe, global-presence, japan, predicament, regulation, santo, santo-daime, scope, these-religious
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
looks at the utility of the concept of harm reduction when applied to drug law enforcement and supply reduction activities.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
At the International Harm Reduction Association’s 21st international conference in Liverpool in 2010 I organised (with the Transnational Institute and the Institute for Policy Studies) a major session entitled “Harm reduction for producer nations?
Filed in Evidence Base, Harm Reduction
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Also tagged application, conference, discussions, harm-reduction, institute, limits, policy-studies, the-application, the-conference, the-discussions, thinking, useful-paradigm
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
PB: You appear to be one of the few people who seem to be relatively unaligned when it comes to tobacco and nicotine issues. Would it be fair to characterize your goals as 1
Filed in Harm Reduction, tobacco
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Also tagged ensure-civility, environment, goals, harm-reduction, merely-continue, public, public-health, the-traditional, tobacco, traditional, under-the-guise
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