Managed alcohol programs: Reducing social and injury harm, but what about long ‐term health harm?
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Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Robin Room Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Trends in the use of illicit substances in Thailand: Results from national household surveys
ConclusionsThere was a decrease in prevalence of illicit drug use within the past year between 2001 and 2003 in Thailand. Since 2003, the past year prelavence of illicit drug use has remained relatively stable. From 2001 to 2011, cannabis, kratom and yaba have remained the three most commonly reported types of illicit drugs used in Thailand. (Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)
Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Wichuda Jiraporncharoen, Surinporn Likhitsathian, Kanittha Thaikla, Manop Kanato, Usaneya Perngparn, Sawitri Assanangkornchai, Apinun Aramrattana Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research
Physical appearance concerns are uniquely associated with the severity of steroid dependence and depression in anabolic –androgenic steroid users
ConclusionsLimitations notwithstanding, the study is consistent with the notion that AAS users who experience appearance concerns are at heightened risk of co‐morbid psychological dysfunction. Given trends indicating an increase in the prevalence of AAS use in Australia and elsewhere, the findings suggest that health‐care systems may need to consider prioritising the sub‐population of AAS users who experience appearance concerns. Further investigation of the clinical syndrome of AAS dependence is required, including its relation to body image and eating disorders. (Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)
Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Scott Griffiths, Brendan Jacka, Louisa Degenhardt, Stuart B. Murray, Briony Larance Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research
Commentary on ‘Revisiting the ‘paradigm shift’ in opioid use: Developments and implications 10 years later’
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Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Traci C. Green, Josiah D. Rich, Joshua Sharfstein Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Managed alcohol programs: Is it time for a more radical approach to reduce harms for people experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorders?
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Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Tim Stockwell, Bernie Pauly Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Perceptions of driving after marijuana use compared to alcohol use among rural American young adults
ConclusionsMisinformation about the consequences of driving after marijuana use is common, demonstrating the need for future research and educational interventions. Developing and disseminating guidelines for driving after marijuana use would help marijuana users make informed decisions and mitigate driving‐related risks. (Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)
Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Kaylin M. Greene Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research
Educ ’alcool response to Petticrew et al.: ‘How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer’
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Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Louise Nadeau, Hubert Sacy Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
The strategies of alcohol industry SAPROs: Inaccurate information, misleading language and the use of confounders to downplay and misrepresent the risk of cancer
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Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani Hessari, C écile Knai, Elisabete Weiderpass Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
A case for clean conferences in gambling research
ConclusionsIndustry influence operates at multiple levels within the gambling research field. There is increasing awareness of this, and of the effects it may have on the development and deployment of effective harm prevention and minimisation efforts. Key reforms are proposed: (i) the elimination of industry participation and sponsorship of gambling research associations and forums; and (ii) the establishment where necessary of new research forums and international scholarly associations. (Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)
Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Charles Livingstone Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Accuracy of alcohol and breast cancer risk information on Drinkaware ’s website
Abstract
A recent paper in Drug and Alcohol Review analysed the information on cancer disseminated by 27 alcohol industry funded organisations. The independent UK alcohol education charity Drinkaware was among the organisations whose information was studied, and based on the analysis claims were made of misrepresentation of evidence about the alcohol‐related risk of cancer and alcohol industry influence. This commentary challenges the validity of these findings in respect to the evidence relating to the Drinkaware information, as the analysis is found to be misrepresenting the information by both disregarding the wider i...
Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: John Larsen, Paul Wallace, Fiona Sim, Jonathan Chick, Sarah Jarvis, Iona Lidington, Stephen Neidle, Graham Ogden, Lynn Owens Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
The effect on emergency department visits of raised alcohol minimum prices in Saskatchewan, Canada
ConclusionsThe minimum pricing policy change led to a lagged decrease in motor vehicle‐collision‐related ED visits for women older than 25. Of note, there did not appear to be an instantaneous effect on the rate of alcohol‐related injury ED visits immediately after the policy implementation nor lagged effects for other gender‐age groups. (Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)
Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Adam Sherk, Tim Stockwell, Russell C. Callaghan Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research
Factors associated with nicotine replacement therapy use among hospitalised smokers
ConclusionsTargeting heavy smokers, those with cardio‐respiratory conditions and those interested in using NRT regardless of regimen complexity could improve NRT uptake. (Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)
Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Chang Yue Chui, Dennis Thomas, Simone Taylor, Billie Bonevski, Michael J. Abramson, Eldho Paul, Susan G. Poole, Gregory R. Weeks, Michael J. Dooley, Johnson George Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research
To brand or not to brand a product placement? Evidence from a field study of two influence mechanisms of positive portrayals of alcohol in film
ConclusionsThe findings suggest caution about the recommended policy of removing branding from alcohol placements, such as in the case with plain packaging in tobacco, and instead call for effective policies to constrain alcohol product placement, as was done with tobacco placements. (Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)
Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Ignacio Redondo, Cristel A. Russell, Jorge Bernal Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research
Issue Information ‐ IFA
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Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Tags: Issue Information ‐ IFA Source Type: research
Theory and Practice of Addiction Counseling PAMELA LASSITER & JOHN CULBRETH (Eds) Thousand Oaks, USA: Sage Publications Inc., 2017 ISBN: 9781506317335, 397 pp. Paperback. Price: $129.00 (Book available to purchase in Australia from Footprint Books)
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Source: Drug and Alcohol Review - February 1, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Cathy Heyes Tags: Critique Source Type: research
