All Resources for 'Research, Data & Evaluation'

WHA adopts Global Alcohol Action Plan

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News
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Prevention
Public Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Border Control
On Friday 27 May in Geneva, the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030, a key global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.

Modeling the evolution of the US opioid crisis for national policy development

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Data
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The opioid crisis is a major public health challenge in the United States, killing about 70,000 people in 2020 alone. Long delays and feedbacks between policy actions and their effects on drug-use behavior create dynamic...

Utiliser des modèles, des saveurs, des marques et des ingrédients de cigarettes électroniques non à la nicotintine chez les adolescents, les jeunes adultes et les adultes aux États-Unis

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Scientific article
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Data
Abstrait

Importance  Les cigarettes électroniques nonnicoliques contiennent des produits chimiques, des arômes et des solvants qui ont des effets nocifs connus sur la santé et / ou qui n’ont pas été prouvés sûrs pour l’inhalation.

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Variations in national availability of waivered buprenorphine prescribers by racial and ethnic composition of zip codes

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Data

Background

Opioid overdose remains a public health crisis in diverse communities. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an almost 40% increase in drug fatalities primarily due to opioid analogues of both stimulants and opioids. Medications for...

A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance
Public Health

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Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely under utilised among youth, most only accessing support when in crisis. Few...

Patient perspectives on depot buprenorphine treatment for opioid addiction – a qualitative interview study

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance

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Recently developed buprenorphine depot injections have the potential to reduce risk for diversion and misuse, and to increase adherence with fewer visits for supervised intake. However, it is unclear how patients perceive this...

L’ONUDC promeut le dialogue sur la réduction de la demande de drogue en Asie centrale lors de la Conférence ISSUP Abu Dhabi 2022

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Dans le cadre du projet mondial de l’ONUDC GLOJ71 « Traiter la toxicomanie et ses conséquences sur la santé: Treatnet II » L’ONUDC ROCA en collaboration avec la Section de la prévention, du traitement et de la réadaptation (PTRS) A soutenu...

Réduire les méfaits de l’alcool en réglementant le marketing, la publicité et la promotion transfrontaliers de l’alcool

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Book
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Public Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Border Control

Ce rapport complet détaille toute l’étendue de la façon dont l’alcool est commercialisé au-delà des frontières nationales – souvent par des moyens numériques – et souvent indépendamment de l’environnement social, économique ou culturel dans...

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