All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Alarming Statistics: Over One Million Young Drivers Imperil Lives with Marijuana and Alcohol Behind the Wheel

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News
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Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Driving under the influence (DUI) of psychoactive substances is an issue of paramount concern in both public health and the criminal justice system. It affects millions of Americans yearly, and while there is extensive research on DUI among...

The Biological Component of Behavioral Health and Marijuana Use

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Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

Join us for the next webinar as part of our Marijuana and Pregnancy Educational Project series highlighting the role of neuroscience and epigenetics as they relate to behavioral health and the potential implications of self-medicating with...

PSMG: Reducing Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose in the United States: Model Development and Policy Analysis

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Video and audio recordings
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

Authors: Mohammad Jalali, PhD
Harvard University
Wayne Wakeland, PhD
Portland State University

Abstract:
The opioid crisis is one of the most pressing public health issues in the U.S. today. Opioid overdoses are the proverbial “tip of the...

International Recovery Symposium 2023 - Opening Ceremony

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Video and audio recordings
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Recovery Support
Partner Organisation

Highlights from the Opening Ceremony of the International Recovery Symposium 2023.

Recorded at the Imperial Hotel, Kuching, Malaysia on the 18th of September 2023.

For more information, please visit the Symposium website.

Thailand: Moving from punishment to treatment of people who use drugs

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
People who use drugs in Thailand are receiving more help to reduce the harm caused by their habit thanks to a change in formerly punitive drug laws and support from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

4th National Youth Convention (Impacts & Prevention of Substance Use Among Youth Anti-Drug Poster Competition & Cultural Show) Organized by ISSUP Pakistan in Collaboration with Quaid-E-Azam University, on 6th July, 2023 at Islamabad-Pakistan

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance

4th NATIONAL YOUTH CONVENTION
(IMPACTS & PREVENTION OF SUBSTANCE USE AMONG YOUTH Anti-Drug Poster Competition & Cultural Show)

Organized by ISSUP PAKISTAN in Collaboration with QUAID-E-AZAM UNIVERSITY, on 6th July 2023 at ISLAMABAD...

Systematic Review of Quality Standards in Competency-Based Postgraduate and Continual Addictology Education of Physicians: Study Protocol

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Scientific article
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Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND: The role of physicians is crucial in the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders and addiction. The quality of addiction-specific medical education varies, as do postgraduate and continuing medical education...

AddictologyIssue 2/2023

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