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In this blog post and guide, Dr. Stephen Parkin shares his observations about the use of stigmatising words and phrases in academic writing, and offers a list of person-centred and pragmatic alternatives.

According to the International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (2020), the use of psychoactive drugs or narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances without medical supervision is associated with significant health risks...

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Longitudinální studie zkoumající vliv expozice konopí (CE) na prognózu dospívajících s psychotickými zážitky (PLE) jsou vzácné. Zkoumali jsme trajektorie duševního zdraví u dospívajících s PLEs a expozicí konopí.

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Background

There is a paucity of knowledge regarding the association of alcohol use with overall survival (OS) of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

Methods

All 1033 patients treated for new HNSCC in...

The connection between homelessness and substance use is well recognised and an issue that impacts countries around the world. People who experience substance use related issues and homelessness are extremely vulnerable to a range of harms...

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Evropské kurikulum prevence (EUPC) a univerzální léčebné kurikulum (UTC) jsou paradigmaty úsilí o dosažení mezinárodního standardizovaného školení pro snížení poptávky po drogách. Oba učební osnovy jsou založeny na poznatcích a praxi...

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During the last ten years, Georgia made several important accomplishments in responding to the country’s drug problem. Specifically, in 2011, an interagency national drug coordinating body was established within the Ministry of...

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By disseminating the Universal Prevention Curriculums (UPC), the Colombo Plan (CP) seeks to narrow the gap between scientific knowledge on effective prevention of substance use and its application in the field. In 2020 CP...

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The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) is offered to the academic community to integrate substance use-specific knowledge, skills, and evidence-based practices into the continuing professional development of current and...

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Access to drug treatment services in Nigeria remains low due to a severe shortage in the drug treatment workforce. Plans are underway to address the workforce shortage by introducing drug addiction training programs in...

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The high prevalence of HIV and substance use disorders (SUD) in Ukraine remains a significant public health problem. A well-trained, recovery-oriented national workforce to enhance SUD treatment associated with HIV care is...

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (UNODC ROCA) organized a Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) on Course 18 – “Clinical Supervision” of the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders (UTC...

This toolkit aims to support the EMCDDA’s stakeholders, other actors and researchers in the drugs field to implement their own foresight exercise in the form of an introductory trend-based workshop.

It describes briefly the foresight and...

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Importance  Evidence of effective smoking cessation interventions in patients with diabetes is limited. The unique behavioral and metabolic characteristics of smokers with type 2 diabetes warrants a randomized clinical trial of...

X Agora Setkání Národního plánu pro drogy k řešení problému a reakce na drogu Metamfetamin. Datum: 9. června 2022

Slavnostně otevřená: Joan R. Villalbí. Vládní delegát pro Národní protidrogový plán. Moderátor: Graciela Silvosa Rodríguez...

Různé NPS významně změnily obraz užívání drog v různých zemích. Nyní jsou na trhu s drogami velmi prominentní. Mnohé z těchto látek jsou skutečně určeny k obcházení protidrogových zákonů a jsou prodávány jako "legální" náhrady konopí...

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Early life stress (ELS) is associated with perturbed neural development and augmented vulnerability to mental health disorders, including addiction. How ELS changes the brain to increase addiction risk is poorly understood, and...

ISSUP představil ve čtvrtek 7. července 2022 webinář, na kterém vystoupila Giovanna Campello, vedoucí sekce prevence, léčby a rehabilitace Úřadu OSN pro drogy a kriminalitu (UNODC), která představila hlavní body ze světové zprávy UNODC o...

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Cocaine addiction is a significant medical and public concern. Despite decades of research effort, development of pharmacotherapy for cocaine use disorder remains largely unsuccessful. This may be partially due to insufficient...