Novel psychoactive substances: What educators need to know

Novel psychoactive substances.

There has been a significant increase in the number of new intoxicants on the illegal drugs market globally, also in Norway. The substances are given the name NPS: Novel Psychoactive Substances, and are mainly sold over the Internet. Uncertain dosage of potent substances entails a risk of accidental overdose, and therefore serious intoxication and death. In this article we provide an overview o...

What Neurosurgeons Need to Know

“The results of the three parts of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) were published within the 18 months.” In November 2006, the reports of the randomized, controlled trial (RCT) and observational cohort study of herniated lumbar disc (HLD) were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.8,9 In May 2007, the New England Journal of Medicine published the results...

What do we know? What do we need to know?

What We Know and What We Need to Know

Drawing on recent literature, the paper argues that institutions and political economy factors hold the key to understanding why some countries have succeeded in developing their financial systems while others have not. The paper also reviews new evidence which suggests that institutional quality may influence the effectiveness of financial development in delivering economic growth. These new f...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): What we need to know (In Press)