Interview with Professor Pierre-Marie Girard, head of the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at Saint-Antoine Hospital in Paris. At Saint-Antoine Hospital, a specialized...

Why, despite the fundamental changes Iran has undergone in recent decades, have vaccination policies been consistently successful? And to what extent has religion contributed to this...

Crack use has become a public health issue in Guadeloupe. A study highlights the precarious circumstances of users, curiosity as the reason for starting use at an average age of 24,...

The INPES 2005 Health Barometer survey highlights several health issues that require greater public awareness and prevention efforts. Here is a brief, non-exhaustive overview of a few topics.

Safer consumption rooms are the result of a pragmatic approach that has already been widely implemented and evaluated internationally. They are part of the long-standing process of harm...

In the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, healthcare professionals working in prisons have implemented a specific program to reduce the risks associated with drug use.

Alain Morel, a psychiatrist and director of a treatment center for substance abusers, proposes a new strategy for preventing risky substance use. Drawing on his experience as a clinician...

This article reviews the principles of representative surveys of the general population and their role in monitoring addictive behaviors: quantifying the levels of use of various...

This special report on drugs examines, in turn, the supply and demand for psychotropic substances, the AIDS problem, and a review of ten years of efforts to combat drug addiction (the...

The circular from the Ministry of National Education, Youth, and Sports to regional education directors and school district superintendents (Official Gazette of November 21, 1990) is...