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CCSA's Issues of Substance Conference will take place at the Westin Ottawa from November 25-27, 2019, as part of National Addictions Awareness Week.  The theme for CCSA's IOS 2019 Conference is Evidence and Perspectives, Compassion and Action. 
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Drugs of abuse target discrete collections of nerve cells - called circuits- in the brain that normally regulate responses to natural rewards in the environment, like food, sex, and social interactions.
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SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) invites you to join national experts in a conversation about how to use available research and your own programme data to communicate the effectiveness of recovery supports.
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Join the International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR) as we present Zili Sloboda in a discussion of current research for Drug Demand Reduction education providers. We scheduled this webinar to be convenient for the Asia Pacific Region at 2:00 AM GMT. Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/687473370
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NAADAC invites you to its 2019 Annual Conference: Navigating the Addiction Profession in Orlando, FL from September 28 - October 3, 2019. Don't miss six days of education, training, networking, and capacity-building with leaders in the addiction profession!   Topics include:
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Due to the rise of homelessness and drug-related deaths in the UK, the Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research at London South Bank University and the London Drug and Alcohol Policy Forum are hosting a one day conference at the Guildhall focusing on contemporary issues of Homelessness, Substance Use and Addiction. 
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The Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) will be delivering substance abuse training sessions on Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC). The training will consist of 9 courses and will take place in a non-residential training centre in Lagos State, Nigeria from the 15th till the 24th of January 2019.
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ISSUP is proud to celebrate and honour the work of individuals, organisations, projects and initiatives in the drug demand reduction field. It is for this reason that we have decided to create awards to celebrate the hard work that has been completed around the world. 
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ISSUP’s 4th Annual Workshop in Nairobi provided the opportunity for a focus on the National Chapter aspect of its operation. Six fully established National Chapters joined the meetings – Brazil, Chile, India, Pakistan and South Africa and Kenya.
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