It has been announced that local authorities across England will benefit from an extra £421 million government funding through to 2025 to improve drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery.

The extra funding will enable the creation of over 50,000 high-quality places for drug and alcohol treatment.

The funding will enable local authorities to:

• recruit more staff to work with people with drug and alcohol problems
• support more prison leavers into treatment and recovery services
• invest in enhancing the quality of treatment they provide - in turn helping make streets safer by getting...

Το VNGOC μαζί με το NYNGOC και τη Μονάδα της Κοινωνίας των Πολιτών του UNODC διοργανώνει μια διαδικτυακή παράλληλη εκδήλωση στο περιθώριο του Φόρουμ Συνεργασίας ECOSOC 2023 στις 31 Ιανουαρίου 2023 στις 8.30 π.μ.  Η εκδήλωση έχει τίτλο: Ο κεντρικός ρόλος της κοινωνίας των πολιτών στις πολιτικές για τα ναρκωτικά, COVID-19 και επίτευξη της Ατζέντας 2030

Background

Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances – has been implemented in some jurisdictions to provide safer alternatives to the unregulated drug supply, yet no studies to date have explored professional stakeholder perspectives on this approach.

Methods

Purposive sampling was used to recruit professional stakeholders (n = 17) from four locations in British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, including...

Background

Interdisciplinary collaborations (i.e., where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are stated to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary approaches (i.e., where various disciplines work in parallel within their professional boundaries) in somatic health care settings. Nevertheless, research is lacking on interdisciplinary approaches for alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment of hospitalized patients as these types of approaches are still uncommon. This study aims to evaluate an innovative interdisciplinary AUD treatment...

Το Κέντρο Μεταφοράς Τεχνολογίας Για τον Εθισμό στη Μέση Αμερική (MATTC) συνεργάστηκε με το Δίκτυο Αντιμετώπισης Οπιοειδών Εθνοτικών Κοινοτήτων στο Μιζούρι, το Φόρουμ Πολιτικής για τον Εθισμό και το Δίκτυο Αντιμετώπισης Οπιοειδών (ORN in IA, KS, MO και NE) για να μεταφράσει 5 διαφορετικά τεκμηριωμένα προϊόντα πρόληψης «Εκπαιδευτικό υλικό πρόληψης για την πρόληψη της χρήσης οπιοειδών»  σε 12 διαφορετικές γλώσσες , και να διασφαλίσουν ότι είναι πολιτιστικά κατάλληλες, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των αραβικών, των βοσνιακών, των βιρμανικών, των νταρί, των γαλλικών, των μανδαρινικών κινεζικών, των πάστο...

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 and can find it challenging to access appropriate support that will adequately meet their needs.

In order to address the often-complex issues this population experience, it is important the workforce has appropriate knowledge about the challenges people are facing, the different forms of support and targeted interventions that are available, and means of...

Executive summary

The 10-year UK Government plan to combat illegal drugs sets out how we are doing more than ever to cut off the supply of drugs by criminal gangs and give people with a drug addiction a route to a productive and drug-free life. Underpinned by record investment of over £3 billion in the next three years, we will reduce drug-related crime, death, harm and overall drug use.

National and local partners will focus on delivering three strategic priorities:

1. Break drug supply chains – Home Office and Ministry of Justice
2. Deliver a world-class treatment and recovery system –...