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Association between vmPFC gray matter volume and smoking initiation in adolescents
Abstract Smoking of cigarettes among young adolescents is a pressing public health issue. However, the neural mechanisms underlying smoking initiation and sustenance during adolescence, especially the potential causal interactions between...
Alcohol-associated bowel disease: new insights into pathogenesis
Abstract Excessive alcohol drinking can cause pathological changes including carcinogenesis in the digestive tract from mouth to large intestine, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. In this review, we discuss the effects...
Children and families affected by parental drug use Volume II
In 2022, the project on children whose parents use drugs continued with threefold research: i. qualitative research based on interviews with children whose parents use drugs and with women who use drugs; ii. collection and analysis of...

Supporting displaced people from Afghanistan and host communities in neighbouring countries – UNODC regional workshop on drug use prevention, treatment and care
From 5th to 9th June, UNODC organized a hybrid regional workshop with a total of 42 participants from the government, civil society organizations (CSOs) and UN agencies, to assist the strengthening of evidence-based prevention, treatment...

CIJ Informa No. 100
CIJ Informa No.100 Centros de Integración Juvenil (CIJ), host institution of the ISSUP Mexico Chapter, has published the 100th edition of the CIJ Informa Magazine, where in addition to sharing information about the different activities it...

Alcohol Toxicology
ISSUP Colombia invites you to its Webinar on Toxicology of drugs of abuse.
ISSUP Poster for Lisbon Addictions 2022: Study on substance use and the role of families in Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Ukraine
The fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies took place in Lisbon from 23-25 November 2022. Under the overarching theme of Global Addictions, LxAddictions22 showcased cutting-edge research to help characterise...
