This paper summarises data for the prevalence, correlates, and probable adverse health
consequences of problem use of amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids. We …

Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …

Alcohol consumption has been identified as an important risk factor for chronic disease and
injury. In the first paper in this Series, we quantify the burden of mortality and disease …

Aims: The aim of the study was to explore whether the concept of heavy substance use over
time can be used as definition of substance use disorder. Methods: Narrative review …

Our aim was to provide a systematic review of studies on the burden of disease due to
second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure, reviewing methods, exposure assessment, diseases …

Cannabis, marijuana, pot, ganja-it goes by many names-is by far the most widely used
illegal substance, and accounts for more arrests than any other drug. Barely a week goes by …

Funding: This work was supported by an unrestricted contract from Lundbeck A/S. In
addition, WHO European Region supported the calculations of alcohol-attributable harm; …

Background Tobacco and cannabis are among the most commonly used psychoactive
substances worldwide, and are often used in combination. Evidence suggests that tobacco …

Background Alcohol-attributable costs to society are captured by cost-of-illness studies,
however estimates are often not comparable, eg due to the omission of relevant cost …

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a highly prevalent, often refractory, medical illness. The
symptoms of AUD are driven by dysfunction in several neurocircuits centered on the nucleus …