December 2021

World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. It’s an opportunity for people to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first-ever global health day.

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 3:00-5:00pm ET

We know that relationships impacted by addiction have divorce rates four times higher than average. Even after beginning recovery, relationships are still at risk. Trauma history is likely to play a key reason. Partners impacted by addiction often have a long history of trauma that may precede their relationship. Added to previous trauma, there is the trauma of addiction and the trauma of recovery, an often overlooked dynamic.

GCCC is excited  to officially launch its website on live broadcast through Facebook Live on 

ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar that addresses the increased impact of isolation and social distancing resulting from the pandemic on the quality of life of vulnerable populations in Latin America, including children and adolescents, resulting in deteriorating mental health and increased consumption of psychoactive substances.

The webinar will take place on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (Argentina time)

December 6-7, 2021

The New Hampshire Behavioral Health Summit is the exclusive statewide event in NH for behavioral healthcare providers and organizations, including mental health and substance use disorders. 

The Summit will:

Registro gratuito en: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4716363937936/WN_PItjnKBVSnioKSA9py5adw

Lunes 6 de diciembre del 2021, a partir de las 17:00 (hora de la Ciudad de México)

Join IAS for the launch of a new report that could be a game-changer in preventing children from purchasing alcohol online.

With growth in online purchasing, particularly since the pandemic, online age verification for buying alcohol is increasingly important. Currently, most systems are poor, such as relying on honesty policies or uploading documents.

This discussant based presentation session will use qualitative research findings from two studies, each unpacking the "LGBTQ":

Amy's presentation explores alcohol and substance use focusing on bisexual identities:

Lisa uses a small subgroup of young women and gender diverse people to explore sexuality, gender expression, and growing up post-disaster, and the role alcohol can play. 

The reconvened sixty-fourth session will take place 9-10 December 2021.

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: 

• Understand the relationship between trauma, post-traumatic stress, and substance use 
• Identify how trauma-related issues can impact substance use treatment
• Identify key elements of trauma-informed care
• Understand evidence-based treatment options for co-occurring traumatic stress and substance use

KADA Knowledge About Drug Abuse. 

Theme:- "Vision 100 Thousand Copies" Our Vision is to produce 100 Thousand Copies of KADA Book which will be distributed for free in Schools and Communities Starting from Kwara State, Nigeria.

The VNGOC Extraordinary General Meeting scheduled Friday, 10th December 2021, 2pm CET (Vienna) will take place 

At a time of significant opportunity to renew the treatment and recovery field and the people it supports, this webinar will ask the critical question:

How can we all support the full range of lived experience leadership and expertise to thrive in the treatment and recovery system?

A panel of experts from different parts of the field and allied areas will offer their perspectives and discuss how we take this important agenda forward together.

The Eloy Alfaro Lay University of Manta – Ecuador has just launched the first master's degree in prevention and accompaniment in addictive behaviors aimed at specializing professionals in the area of psychology and social sciences who are dedicated to demand reduction.

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 @ 3:00-4:30pm ET

This webinar invites a new approach to the practice of focusing on recovery before parenting. Healthy and safe parenting within the context of a supportive community is a means of achieving and sustaining recovery. Participants will hear from a mom who will share how motherhood was a catalyst to her recovery. The presenters will describe strategies that substance use treatment and recovery services can adopt to simultaneously increase both recovery and parenting capital through individual and group approaches.

VNGOC invite you to join us for our next webinar discussing how UNODC works to collect and analyze data on drug related issues, on December 15th at 3PM CET (Vienna time) via Zoom. Simultaneous interpretation in French, Russian & Spanish will be available.