State-Run Vs. Private: Pennsylvania Debates Transition Of Liquor Store Model To Cannabis Distribution
The conversation around cannabis legalization in Pennsylvania is pivoting towards a potential state-run model, akin to the existing system for alcohol sales. This approach, which would involve using the framework of state-run liquor stores to manage and distribute recreational marijuana, aims to…#pennsylvania #joshshapiro #tomwolf #shapiro #democrats #crescolabscrlbf #trulieve #crescolabs #greenthumbindustries #terrascend (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Should we let children drink booze at home? As shock report names Britain as worst country in the world for child alcohol use, two mothers debate the pros and cons of an age-old question...
As a shocking report finds children in England are more likely to have drunk alcohol than those in any other country two mums explain why they forbid or allow their kids to drink at home. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Big alcohol: universities and schools urged to throw out industry-funded public health advice - Davies M, Boytchev H.
The long term harms of alcohol are being minimised in industry funded education, find Madlen Davies and Hristio Boytchev
Universities and schools are being urged to join a growing movement in Ireland and the UK that seeks to drive out the alcohol indust... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Synthetic cathinones in drug-facilitated sexual assault: a case report involving the novel generation substituted cathinone N-ethylpentedrone and a review of the literature - Drevin G, Gaulier JM, Hakim F, Gish A, Ferec S, Renard L, Malbranque S, Briet M, Abbara C.
The use of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) is not uncommon. Indeed, the effects associated with the use of this substance may lead to disinhibition. Several synthetic cathinones, such as mephedrone or meth... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Long-term trends in beverage-specific drinking in the National Alcohol Surveys: differences by sex, age, and race and ethnicity - Kerr WC, Lui CK, Ye Y, Li L, Greenfield T, Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Martinez P.
This study examined how beverage-specific drinking patterns varied by sex, age, and race and ethnicity from 1979 to 20... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Occupational patterns of opioid-related harms comparing a cohort of formerly injured workers to the general population in Ontario, Canada - Carnide N, Feng G, Song C, Demers PA, MacLeod JS, Sritharan J.
The objective was to compare the incidence of opioid-related harms among a cohort of formerly... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Problematic consumption of alcohol, cannabis and cigarettes--a German nationwide survey on psychopathology, stress, mindfulness, and quality of life - Wartberg L, Belau M, Arnaud N, Thomasius R.
BACKGROUND: Even among minors, the use of psychotropic substances is widespread in Europe. Data on the use of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis are regularly reported in Germany, but data on problematic use are lacking. In the present study, established screen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Age-related changes in static balance in older women aged in their early sixties to their late eighties: different aging patterns in the anterior-posterior and mediolateral directions - Sasagawa S, Arakawa A, Furuyama A, Matsumoto Y.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to cross-sectionally investigate how static balance changes throughout the aging process in older women aged from their early sixties to their late eighties. METHODS: Forty-six older women (aged 62-89 years) wer... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Cannabis use and mood disorders: a systematic review - Sorkhou M, Dent EL, George TP.
BACKGROUND: Problematic cannabis use is highly prevalent among people with mood disorders. This underscores the need to understand the effects of cannabis and cannabinoids in this population, especially considering legalization of recreational cannabis use... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Effects of recent cannabis consumption on eye-tracking and pupillometry - Haider MN, Regan D, Hoque M, Ali F, Ilowitz A.
INTRODUCTION: Cannabis consumption is known to immediately affect ocular and oculomotor function, however, cannabis consumption is also known to affect it for a prolonged period of time. The purpose of this study is to identify an eye tracking or pupillome... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
The association between single and dual use of cannabis and alcohol and driving under the influence and riding with an impaired driver in a large sample of Canadian adolescents - Gohari MR, Patte KA, Elton-Marshall T, Cole A, Turcotte-Tremblay AM, B élanger R, Leatherdale ST.
This study aimed to examine the odds of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Examining within-person associations between alcohol and cannabis use and hooking up among adolescents and young adults in the United States - Lewis MA, Zhou Z, Fairlie AM, Litt DM, Geusens F, Parks KA, McCabe SE.
This study examined daily associations between alcohol use, cannabis use, and simultaneous alcohol and cannabis/marijuana (SAM) use with the likelihood of hooking up (uncommitted sexual encounter that may or may not include intercourse). ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Investigating cognitive and motivational proximal outcomes in a randomized clinical trial of writing about the future self to reduce drinking - Lindgren KP, Baldwin SA, Kross E, Ramirez JJ, Tristao T, Peterson KP, Teachman BA, Wiers RW, Neighbors C.
BACKGROUND: Drinking identity (the extent to which one links the self with drinking alcohol) is a unique risk factor for college students' hazardous drinking that is not directly targeted by existing interventions. We conducted a study that aimed to decrea... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
‘Unsustainable’: UK predicted to see 50% spike in strokes by 2035
Stark new projections suggest annual admissions will rise to 151,000, costing the NHS and economy £75bnThe number of people in the UK experiencing a stroke will increase more than 50% to 151,000 a year by 2035, costing the NHS and the economy £75bn in healthcare and lost productivity, stark new projections suggest.Worsening physical health, rising alcohol consumption and low exercise levels among an ageing population as well as a failure by ministers and the health service to do more to prevent ill health are blamed for the predicted spike in strokes.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Stroke Health Medical research Society NHS Source Type: news
Bystander intervention for problematic alcohol use among graduate and international students: opportunities and challenges - Mennicke A, Zabelski S, Jules BN, Haley G, Mathews K, Bowling J, Peters A, Montanaro E, Cramer RJ.
OBJECTIVES: Bystander intervention (BI) is a prevention approach commonly used for interpersonal violence, but is less studied for problematic alcohol use (PAU). Domestic graduate and international students' life experiences bring a unique context for the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
