Ian Hamilton

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Adicção global: como o mundo se viciou em drogas ilícitas - e por que o problema é tão grave quanto as mudanças climáticas

Feb 5, 2025 | terra.com.br | Ian Hamilton

Assim como acontece com as mudanças climáticas, por que demoramos tanto para reconhecer a ameaça existencial que o uso de drogas representa para a humanidade? Foram necessárias décadas para que algumas pessoas aceitassem os efeitos devastadores das mudanças climáticas em nosso planeta.
Adicção: como o mundo se viciou em drogas ilícitas - e por que precisamos encarar isso como uma ameaça global, assim como as mudanças climáticas

Feb 5, 2025 | theconversation.com | Ian Hamilton

Foram necessárias décadas para que algumas pessoas aceitassem os efeitos devastadores das mudanças climáticas em nosso planeta. Apesar das evidências científicas disponíveis anos atrás, muitas pessoas relutaram em fazer a conexão entre o aumento do uso de combustíveis fósseis, o aumento das temperaturas globais e os eventos climáticos devastadores. Um dos principais motivos para essa relutância é o deslocamento de causa e efeito, tanto no tempo quanto na geografia.
Adicção global: como o mundo se viciou em drogas ilícitas - e por que o problema é tão grave quanto as mudanças climáticas

Feb 5, 2025 | theconversation.com | Ian Hamilton

Foram necessárias décadas para que algumas pessoas aceitassem os efeitos devastadores das mudanças climáticas em nosso planeta. Apesar das evidências científicas disponíveis anos atrás, muitas pessoas relutaram em fazer a conexão entre o aumento do uso de combustíveis fósseis, o aumento das temperaturas globais e os eventos climáticos devastadores. Um dos principais motivos para essa relutância é o deslocamento de causa e efeito, tanto no tempo quanto na geografia.
Drug consumption facilities: they’ve been around since 1986 and now Scotland has one – but do they work? - Cost Of Living

Feb 4, 2025 | cost-ofliving.net | Ian Hamilton |Harry Sumnall

It has taken more than ten years of wrangling, but the UK’s first legal drug-consumption facility has finally opened in Glasgow. These facilities offer a safe, clean place for people to use illicit drugs, usually by injection, in the presence of health professionals. It is hoped that the facility in Glasgow, called The Thistle, will reduce drug-related overdoses (Scotland has the highest rate of drug-related deaths in Europe) and reduce the transmission of blood-borne viruses, such as HIV.
Addicted: how the world got hooked on illicit drugs - and why we need to view this as a global threat like climate change

Feb 3, 2025 | theconversation.com | Ian Hamilton

It has taken decades for some to accept the devastating effects of climate change on our planet. Despite scientific evidence that was available years ago, many people were reluctant to make the connection between increasing use of fossil fuels, rising global temperatures and devastating weather events. A key reason for this reluctance is the dislocation of cause and effect, both in time and geography.
Drug consumption facilities: they’ve been around since 1986 and now Scotland has one - but do they work?

Jan 13, 2025 | theconversation.com | Ian Hamilton |Harry Sumnall

It has taken more than ten years of wrangling, but the UK’s first legal drug-consumption facility has finally opened in Glasgow. These facilities offer a safe, clean place for people to use illicit drugs, usually by injection, in the presence of health professionals. It is hoped that the facility in Glasgow, called The Thistle, will reduce drug-related overdoses (Scotland has the highest rate of drug-related deaths in Europe) and reduce the transmission of blood-borne viruses, such as HIV.
Upgrading ketamine to a class A drug won’t stop the party

Jan 13, 2025 | independent.co.uk | Ian Hamilton

CommentThe Home Office’s tougher stance on ketamine will not affect its allure – it could even enhance it, writes drug expert Ian HamiltonThe Home Office has asked its expert advisors to consider reclassifying ketamine from a class B to a class A drug. It has become increasingly popular in recent years and is now the party drug of choice. Ketamine was previously reclassified from class C to class B in 2014, and since then, the number of users has continued to rise.
Drug-related deaths have risen by record numbers in England and Wales-latest data

Oct 24, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Ian Hamilton |Harry Sumnall

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility:Deaths from drug use in England and Wales have risen by 11%, according to the latest annual data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In 2023, there were 5,448 fatalities (93 deaths per million people)—the highest number of drug-related deaths since records began in 1993.
Drug-related deaths have risen by record numbers in England and Wales - latest data

Oct 23, 2024 | theconversation.com | Ian Hamilton |Harry Sumnall

Deaths from drug use in England and Wales have risen by 11%, according to the latest annual data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In 2023, there were 5,448 fatalities (93 deaths per million people) – the highest number of drug-related deaths since records began in 1993. Over half these deaths involved opiates, such as heroin and morphine. The highest rate of deaths from opiate misuse was among those aged between 40 and 49 years old.
Ketamine: What to know about the UK's growing drug problem

Sep 29, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Ian Hamilton |Harry Sumnall

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility:There is growing awareness of the problems caused by the use of a fast-acting drug called ketamine. Often referred to as K or ket, it was made a class B drug in the UK in 2014 and is illegal to buy or sell. Possessing the drug can lead to a maximum five-year prison sentence and supplying the drug up to 14 years in prison.

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RT @DDNMagazine: With the UK’s first consumption room opening in Glasgow it’s important to remember that these facilities should be seen as…

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Articles

Adicção global: como o mundo se viciou em drogas ilícitas - e por que o problema é tão grave quanto as mudanças climáticas

Adicção: como o mundo se viciou em drogas ilícitas - e por que precisamos encarar isso como uma ameaça global, assim como as mudanças climáticas

Adicção global: como o mundo se viciou em drogas ilícitas - e por que o problema é tão grave quanto as mudanças climáticas

Drug consumption facilities: they’ve been around since 1986 and now Scotland has one – but do they work? - Cost Of Living

Addicted: how the world got hooked on illicit drugs - and why we need to view this as a global threat like climate change

Drug consumption facilities: they’ve been around since 1986 and now Scotland has one - but do they work?

Upgrading ketamine to a class A drug won’t stop the party

Drug-related deaths have risen by record numbers in England and Wales-latest data

Drug-related deaths have risen by record numbers in England and Wales - latest data

Ketamine: What to know about the UK's growing drug problem

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