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ISSUP at the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Understanding the Brain’s Role in Drug Addiction

Findings recently revealed in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews and the Journal of Neuroscience suggest the cerebellum is co-responsible for the alterations in the brain that are linked with excessive substance abuse.
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Sporting Activity and Substance Abuse among Teens: What’s the Link?

A recent survey which looked at the drug habits of over 20,000 US high-school athletes has found those who play high-contact sports, such as hockey, are more likely to use heroin and prescription opioids for non-medicinal purposes.
The...
د نوی زیږیدلی معافیت سنډروم مخنیوی لپاره د عامې روغتیا ستراتیژیانې: د CDC لوی پړاوونه
د نوی زیږیدلی ماشوم سنډروم عامه روغتیا بار
د نوی زیږیدلی معافیت سنډروم (NAS) د مخدره توکو د وتلو سنډروم دی چې ډیری وختونه په ماشومانو کې د اپیایډونو سره د رحم سره مخ کیدو وروسته پیښیږی ، که څه هم نور توکی هم د سنډروم (1) سره تړاو لری. NAS...
پادکسټ: آیا د تمباکو د بندولو مداخلې د مادې د درملنې یا د بیا رغېدو په وخت کې د تمباکو کاروونکو سره مرسته کوی چې پرېږدی؟
د سګرټ څکولو کچه په هغو کسانو کې چې د الکولو او نورو نشه یی توکو سره تړاو لری د عمومی خلکو دوه تر څلورو برابره دی. د تمباکو د وکالت سره هممهال چلند د دې اندېښنې له امله محدود شوی دی چې دا مداخلې په دې نفوس کې بریالۍ نه دی او یا د نورو روږدو...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: The Talker in the Talking Route to Recovery
In psychosocial therapies, the enactment of the client-worker relationship is the treatment. Structured around Carl Rogers’ classic formulation of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” for therapeutic progress, the cell in the Alcohol...
Can Drug Prevention Programmes Reduce Substance Use by Participants’ Friends?
Opioids Linked to Increase in Cocaine-Related Overdose Deaths
Heroin and synthetic opioids are propelling an upsurge of late in cocaine-related overdose deaths. This is according to a national survey carried out by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) amongst other drug...
Alcohol Use Disorders Webinar
The Progress in Mind Resource Centre held a one-hour webinar on alcohol use disorders. The webinar was delivered by Wim van den Brink, Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam, and Steve Brinksman, GP and...
The Opiate Epidemic - Free Access Article Collection
Although the abuse of many substances has declined across the globe in recent years, the misuse of prescription and non-medical pharmaceutical opioids has significantly increased. The Taylor & Francis Group, which publishes peer-reviewed...
Synthetic Drugs on the Rise in Afghanistan
Seizures of methamphetamine have increased in Afghanistan, according to a new report from the United Nations drug and crime agency. It also suggests that the drug is being produced inside the country.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime...
Is There a Link Between a Father's Environment and Drug Tolerance in Children?
A new study published in the journal eLife suggest that a father’s nicotine use could have an effect on children’s risk of some diseases. The investigation found that the offspring of mice routinely exposed to nicotine developed chemical...
ایا په رښتیا سره ای ای د مشروبانو سره مرسته کوی؟
۱۲ ګامه ملګری د روغی تابیا لپاره یوه لاره وړاندې کوی چې د درملنې څخه په خوندی توګه د زیاتو ناروغانو د راویستلو غوښتنه وکړی. د ځان د ټاکلو د اړخ هیښتیا چې د AA اغیز یې له پامه وغورځول، د امریکا د محاکمو دا ترکیب دا پیدا کوی چې د درملنې...
Cocaine Addiction Leads to Build-Up of Iron in the Brain
په ماغزو کې نشه یی توکی : اعصابی سکېن د راتلونکی مادې د استعمال وړاندوینه کوی
ښه کاری حافظه، لږ وسوسه: د مادې تېری او اعصاب - میکانیزمونه
نوې څیړنې چې د اعتیاد په ژورنال کې چاپ شوې دی دا ښیی چې د کم کاری حافظې او د کوچنیوالی په وخت کې د ایمپناتورونو د کنټرول وړتیا د راتلونکی مادې د ناوړه چلند لپاره کلیدی وړاندوینه کیدونکې ده. 'کاری حافظه' د یو چا وړتیا ته وایی چې په یوه...
Substance Abuse and Schizophrenia Risk
A number of studies have looked at the relationship between schizophrenia and substance abuse. However, many contain various methodological limitations. Uncertainties, therefore, still exist.
A new investigation published in the journal Ps...
The Punjabi Problem: Drug Use in One of India’s Wealthiest Regions
According to the BBC, a recent government-conducted investigation suggests that more than 860,000 young men (15 – 35) in the Punjab region of India take drugs. This is three times the national average. Heroin is used by 53% of all...
Thousands Die without Access to Alcohol Treatment
The BBC reports that almost 8,000 high-risk drinkers died from alcohol-related causes in Wales, UK between 2005 – 2014 without having received treatment for alcohol addiction. This is despite repeated hospital and A&E admissions for as much...