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EU Drug Strategy (2013-20)
| Date added: | 01/21/2013 |
| Date modified: | 04/02/2013 |
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Author: European Union
The new EU drug strategy for 2013–20 was adopted on 7 December 2012. The framework, aim and objectives of the Strategy will serve as a basis for two consecutive four-year EU Drugs Action plans. The strategy directs and requires collective EU action in international forums, such as the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the UN General Assembly, and the strategy will have an important role in EC funding priorities. The strategy sets out the need for evaluation of outcomes achieved in supply side enforcement as well as demand reduction. “Risk and harm reduction” is a notable feature of the strategy and the strategy has a focus on HIV, HCV, and overdose. The strategy has more emphasis on human rights than the previous strategy and seeks to encourage civil society participation in policy, including the involvement of young people and people who use drugs.
Public Health, Academic Medicine, and alcohol industry's corporate social responsibility activities
| Date added: | 01/22/2013 |
| Date modified: | 01/29/2013 |
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Authors: TF Babor and K Robaina (University of Connecticut School of Medicine)
In this article the emerging relationships are explored among the alcohol industry, academic medicine, and the public health community in the context of public health theory dealing with corporate social responsibility. To the extent that the scientific evidence supports the reduction of alcohol consumption through regulatory and legal measures, the academic community has come into increasing conflict with the views of the alcohol industry. It was concluded that the alcohol industry has intensified its scientific and policy-related activities under the general framework of corporate social responsibility initiatives, most of which can be described as instrumental to the industry's economic interests.
Response to the appendix to Duffy & Snowdon’s report
| Date added: | 01/29/2013 |
| Date modified: | 01/29/2013 |
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Authors: Alan Brennan, John Holmes, Yang Meng and Robin Purshouse (University of Sheffield)
This appendix is the second part of the response from the University of Sheffield (Shiefield Alcohol Research Group) to a recent report by the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) critiquing the Shieffield Alcohol Policy Model which applies to the effectiveness of minimum pricing.
As the ASI report contained two sections, a pair of essays on our work and a more technical appendix, this response follows a similar format.
A public response to the Adam Smith Institute’s critique of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model
| Date added: | 01/29/2013 |
| Date modified: | 01/29/2013 |
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Authors: Alan Brennan, John Holmes, Yang Meng and Robin Purshouse (University of Sheffield)
This document is the response from the University of Sheffield (Shiefield Alcohol Research Group) to a recent report by the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) critiquing the Shieffield Alcohol Policy Model which applies to the effectiveness of minimum pricing.
Effectiveness of a Selective, Personality-Targeted Prevention Program for Adolescent Alcohol Use
| Date added: | 01/29/2013 |
| Date modified: | 01/29/2013 |
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Authors: Patricia J. Conrod, Maeve O’Leary-Barrett, Nicola Newton, Lauren Topper, Natalie Castellanos-Ryan, Clare Mackie, Alain Girard.
Selective school-based alcohol prevention programs targeting youth with personality risk factors for addiction and mental health problems have been found to reduce substance use and misuse in those with elevated personality profiles.
The findings of this article further support the personality-targeted approach to alcohol prevention and its effectiveness when provided by trained school staff. Particularly novel are the findings of some mild herd effects that result from this selective prevention program.