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There is no more important document for doctors treating problem drug use in the UK than the so-called ‘Orange guidelines’. This major update will substantially inform judgements of what constitutes acceptable medical practice - should...

A new study recently published in the academic journal Addiction suggests that substance use treatment programmes that incorporate 12-step practices, such as that used by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), are more effective for combatting...

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Background

Studies have indicated that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with lower incidence of diabetes in women. However, not only the amount but also the drinking pattern could be of importance when assessing the...

A new study that provides details of drinking habits and influential factors among Australian teenagers appears in the latest edition of the academic journal BMC Public Health.

The investigation’s findings notably include:

• Most...

دا مقاله تشریح کوی چې فنټانیل څنګه د پولیسو افسران او طبی معاینه کوونکی د امریکا په ټول امریکا کې متاثره کوی لکه څنګه چې دوی یې د پلټنو هڅه کوی. نور لوستل...

مکسیکو کارتلونه د نوی انګلستان لپاره د بې قیمته او قوی سینټیټیک مخدره توکو فنتانیل په پراخه کچه وړاندې کوی، او په ملت کې د فنتانیل اړوند د مړینې لوړه کچه په داسې حال کې رامنځ ته کوی چې د سیمې د نشه یی توکو د تنفیذ لوړ مقام یې داسې تشریح کوی...

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Background and Objectives

Pharmacogenetic studies of alcohol use disorder (AUD) have suggested that the efficacy of treatments for AUD is, in part, influenced by the genetic background of an individual. Since the frequency of...

This article covers drug use and the oil industry in Texas. Thousands of oil field workers are using drugs because of the mix of money and boredom due to the energy boom. Read more...

San Joaquin county in California has pointed the way forward to a system which conserves treatment resources yet achieves greater reductions in drink/drug-driving incidents. The first evaluation of systematically escalating offenders to...

Time to consolidate the lessons of the course’s last five instalments about treatment intended to safeguard the community, the final row of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. A common theme is the contradiction between treatment centred on the...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), the result of fetal alcohol exposure (FAE), affects 2–11% of children worldwide, with no effective treatments. Hippocampus-based learning and memory deficits are key symptoms of FASD. Our previous...

خلاصه

د الکولو په حالت کې د الکولو په حالت کې د پام وړ اغیزه کوی خو د نورو بیالوژیکی میکانیزمونو په اړه لا هم ډیر ښه پوهیدل شوی دی. دلته، مونږ د فعالیتی اتصال د کچې ( FCD ) د نخشې څخه کار اخیستی چې د مغزو په استراحت کې د الکولو اړوند...

A new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) suggests there to be a correlation between childhood psychiatric disorders and an increased risk of developing addiction in adulthood.