Keeping you connected or keeping you addicted? Weekly use of social media platforms is associated with hazardous alcohol use and problem gambling among adults - Savolainen I, Oksanen A.
AIMS: A wide variety of social media platforms exist, each offering tailored solutions to attract specific target audiences based on their social media needs and interests. This diversity may pose a risk factor for the development or perpetuation of harmfu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Psychosocial factors associated with overdose subsequent to illicit drug use: a systematic review and narrative synthesis - Byrne CJ, Sani F, Thain D, Fletcher EH, Malaguti A.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Psychological and social status, and environmental context, may mediate the likelihood of experiencing overdose subsequent to illicit drug use. The aim of this systematic review was to identify and synthesise psychosocial factors assoc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Road traffic injuries in South Africa: a complex global health crisis - Geduld H, Sinclair M, Steyn E, Chu K.
1.3 million people die each year as a result of Road traffic crashes. Road Traffic Injuries are a global health crisis with 90% of global deaths affecting LMICs. Sustainable Development Goal 3.6 focuses on reducing road injury and death. The global plan is... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Trends in binge drinking in the United States by LGBTQ+ identity, gender, and age, 2014-2022 - McKetta S, Jager J, Keyes K.
BACKGROUND: People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) have higher rates of risky drinking than their cisgender, heterosexual peers. It is unknown to what extent recent age and gender trends in binge drinking ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
UK inflation eases less than expected to 3.2% in March
Inflation in the U.K. eased to 3.2% in March, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. That was slightly higher than the forecast of economists polled of 3.1%, but was down from 3.4% in February. The core figure, excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, came in at 4.2%, compared…#bankofengland #andrewbailey #boe (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Governor's pandemic rules for bars violated North Carolina Constitution, appeals court says
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were “illogical” and violated the state constitution, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday. A state Court of Appeals…#northcarolina #roycooper #astatecourtofappeals #courtofappeals #aprilwood #superiorcourt #jamesgale #wood #coopers #donnastroud (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Police make arrests a year after theft of gold and cash worth millions at Toronto's Pearson airport
Police have made arrests in the theft of a cargo container that included gold and other items worth over 20 million Canadian dollars ($14.5 million) that were stolen from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago, authorities said Tuesday. Peel Regional Police and the U.S. Alcohol,…#pearsoninternational #peelregionalpolice #brinks #aircanada #brink #montrealconvention #aircanadas #federalcourt #zurich #pearson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Rishi Sunak's 'mad' smoking ban 'is destined to fail': Critics warn trailblazing law to stop Generation Alpha getting hooked on cigarettes will prove a 'charter for criminals' - amid fears health chiefs may take aim at sugar, caffeine and alcohol next
Under the Prime Minister's hotly-contested proposal, being debated in parliament today, anyone born after 2009 won't ever be able to legally buy tobacco. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cannabix Technologies Begins Certification of Contactless Alcohol Breathalyzer, Re-Brands product series to Breath Logix
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cannabix Technologies Inc. BLO BLOZF 8CT (the "Company or Cannabix") developer of marijuana and alcohol breath testing devices reports that it has shipped its Industrial Series Contactless Alcohol Breathalyzers ("CAB" devices) for…#britishcolumbia #blozf #cannabix #breathlogix #ce #delta9thc #bloodalcoholcontent #bac #thc #boardofdirectors (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The prevalence, risks, and detection of driving under the influence of nitrous oxide - Vinckenbosch FRJ, Dur án Jiménez D, Helmerhorst H, Dahan A, Aarts L, Bikker F, Theunissen E, Ramaekers JG.
Nitrous oxide (N2O), colloquially known as laughing gas, is a common recreational drug of abuse. The gas is inhaled in its undiluted form from a party balloon. Its intoxicating effects are described as dissociative and euphoric, accompanied by ataxia, hypo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Cannabidiol-derived cannabinoids: the unregulated designer drug market following the 2018 Farm Bill - Zawatsky CN, Mills-Huffnagle S, Augusto CM, Vrana KE, Nyland JE.
Background
In this review, we summarize current scientific knowledge on psychoactive cannabinoids synthesized from cannabidiol (CBD) and sold in the semi-legal market established in response to the passage of the US Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, co... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Medicinal use of different cannabis strains: results from a large prospective survey in Germany - Szejko N, Becher E, Heimann F, Grotenhermen F, M üller-Vahl KR.
In this study, the effectiveness of different MC strains was compared depending on the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Racial microaggressions mediate the association between posttraumatic stress and alcohol use among women of color experiencing intimate partner violence - Goldstein SC, Forkus SR, Fenn NQ, Thomas ED, Suazo NC, Weiss NH.
OBJECTIVE: Women of Color (WoC) experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) have elevated rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use and related harm (e.g., increased alcohol use and negative consequences). This secondary data analysis ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Role of postmortem toxicology in drowning investigations - Ojanper ä I, Kriikku P.
Drowning is the third most common cause of unintentional injury death worldwide. In forensic medicine, drowning refers to an event in which the victim dies due to liquid penetrating into the airways or due to submersion in a liquid. Medico-legal examinatio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Alcohol-fueled hospital visits are spiking among middle-aged women, study says: ‘We simply just don’t know what’s causing this’
Alcohol-related health complications soared among middle-aged women during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study that calls for heightened attention to alcohol use disorder risk factors in this subset of the U.S. population. From April 2020 through September 2021,…#healthforum #ald #bryantshuey #aud #shuey #medicareadvantage #nonebombshell #cdc #fortunecom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
