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Global Tobacco Control
This lecture material provides an introduction to global tobacco control. It presents the health and economic burden of tobacco use worldwide and highlights practical approaches to tobacco prevention, control, surveillance, and evaluation.
Author(s): Frances Stillman, Jonathan Samet and Heather Wipfli
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Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medicine. This site covers the following topics related to Addiction : Overview, Symptoms, Recognizing unhealthy drug use in family members, Recognizing signs of drug use or intoxication, Marijuana, hashish and other cannabis-containing substances, K2, Spice and bath salts, Barbiturates, benzodiazepines and hypnotics, Meth, cocaine and other stimulants, Club drugs, Hallucinogens, Inhalants, Opioid painkillers, When to see a doctor, When to seek emergency help, Staging an intervention.
Author(s): Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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Professional Perspectives On Addiction Medicine
This book contains following toipcs: Methadone Treatment: A Broad Perspective, The Science and Rationale for Opiate Agonist Treatment,The Behavioral Pharmacology of Methadone: The Easy- to-Understand Version,Effectiveness of Methadone Treatment, Effectiveness of Methadone as a Medical Treatment for Opioid Addiction,Co-occurring Mental Health Issues,Methadone and Pregnancy,Myth, Misunderstanding & Stigma
Author(s): Dr Mark Stanford, Donald Avoy
124 Pages
This book covers the following topics: Illicit Drug Use in the United States, Diagnosing Drug Problems, Trends In Drug Use, Disaggregation Of Special populations, Concepts of Prevention, Evaluating Prevention Program Effects, Meta-Analyses Of Prevention Interventions, Three Programs Meeting Tobler's Criteria.
Author(s): National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Main Drugs of abuse, Drug related Harm , Reduction , Prevention and Treatment
This guide explains the following drug details: Nicotine, Alcohol, Cannabinoids, Marijuana and Opioids.
Author(s): Antidrug.Health.am
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An Addiction Recovery Glossary (PDF 49p)
There are two intended audiences for this paper. The first audience includes those in recovery who experientially know the recovery tradition of which they have been a part, but may know little, and may have many misconceptions about, the central ideas of other recovery traditions. The second audience includes those individuals working in addiction treatment who are not in personal recovery and who do not have direct knowledge about mutual aid groups.
Author(s): William L. White
49 Pages
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This note covers the following topics: Addiction Overview, Addiction Causes, Addiction Symptoms, Common Characteristics of Destructive Addictions, Common Characteristics of People with Addictions, When to Seek Medical Care, Addiction Treatment and Prevention.
Author(s): emedicinehealth.com
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THE NEW SCIENCE OF ADDICTION GENETICS AND THE BRAIN
This note covers the following topics: The Brain's Reward Pathways, Drugs And The Reward Pathway, Addiction and Genes, Challenges and Issues.
Author(s): University of Utah
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