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In May of 2018, the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 came into effect. The law aims to reduce excessive drinking and the associated harms but was delayed due to a Supreme Court challenge by industry bodies. In December 2018, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory warning...
Drug Addiction In Scotland While Scotland has the same drug laws as the rest of the UK, it has more drug deaths than any European country, with three people per day dying from substance abuse and drug overdose in 2020[4]. Additional funding is being provided byScottish governmentfor accessing...
Who is responsible for making policy about alcohol and drug use in society? What difference does such public policy make to the extent of use, the extent of problems or the nature of the treatment response? 展开 关键词: alcohol and drug policy clinician public policy ...
Alcohol and other drug policy has two main goals: problem reduction and better management of problems.doi:10.1002/j.1839-4655.1991.tb00896.xDebraBlaze-TemplePeterHowatJudyBarneyBillSaundersStanSaxonWiley-BlackwellAustralian Journal of Social Issues...
which focuses on how policy helps to produce the problems it purports to solve. Taking as its empirical focus, South Africa's current drug policy, the third National Drug Master Plan (NDMP), 2013–2017, the paper analyses how the policy constitutes the ‘problem of alcohol and other drugs’...
policy developments in Scotland [32], Ireland [33], Lithuania [34] and Estonia [35] demonstrate the importance of this evidence base in facilitating policy change. Second, researchers have identified the alcohol industry as a key barrier to the enactment and implementation of evidence-informed ...
The Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research (CRF) has since its foundation in 1991 had a strong tradition for research in drug control. However, researchers at CRF have also started to study drug policy not only from a control perspective but also from a perspective of health and welfare issues...
Some groups recommended by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) include: Women for Sobriety.Tailored for women with substance abuse issues, this support group meets either in-person or online. SMART Recovery.Using cognitive-behavioral therapy methods, you'll learn to manage...
Comprehensive smoke-free policy in the alcohol and other drug (AOD) setting provides an opportunity to reduce tobacco related harms among clients and staff. This study aimed to examine within AOD services: staff awareness of their service’s smoking policy compared to the written policy document an...