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Analysis of the Impact of Consumption Taxes on the Development of Alcohol Addiction in Selected OECD Countries and Slovakia
INTRODUCTION: In recent years, the governments of several countries around the world have focused on consumption taxes, which they use from two important points of view – the first point of view is the state budget, where through the...
ISRAEL POLICE: Fentanyl Distribution Cases
Attached: an article written by Superintendent Ilan Malka of ISRAEL POLICE on the subject of Fentanyl Distribution Cases published in WCO RILO WE INFO magazine - June 2023 edition.
New rule in New Zealand requires warning on all packaged alcohol
A new rule will require all packaged alcohol being sold to have warnings on the label about the harm it can cause to unborn babies.
The food safety agency says the move is supported by advice from doctors, midwives, the Ministry of...
Lancement d’une nouvelle coalition mondiale pour lutter contre les menaces liées aux drogues synthétiques
Support. Don't Punish International Day of Action
A global advocacy campaign calling for drug policies based on health and human rights.
Support. Don’t Punish is a global grassroots-centred initiative in support of harm reduction and drug policies that prioritise public health and human...
La mise en œuvre des normes de qualité (QS) à la communauté thérapeutique de Coolmine
CONTEXTE : La mise en œuvre des normes de qualité par Coolmine implique une période de gestion du changement, de planification stratégique et d’élaboration de politiques nationales.
MÉTHODES : Une étude de cas narrative axée sur la...
Quality Assurance Policy in Harm Reduction Services in the Czech Republic: A Case Study of a National System
BACKGROUND: In the field of harm reduction (HR), an established quality assurance system with implemented quality standards is rather rare in practice. Together with limited evidence in this area, this leads to an imbalance in the basic...
The Impact of Alcohol Availability Interventions
Interventions that restrict the availability of alcohol reduce the risk of harm. However, until now it has been unclear why this is the case.
In this research, the views of public health teams, police, local authority licensing teams and...
Why do guidelines on what is low-risk drinking vary between countries so much?
The evidence of the harms done by alcohol consumption continues to build. However, despite the clear data, safe drinking guidelines vary between countries.
This article, published in the Guardian, explores the different factors that are...
Join the VNGOC/ NYNGOC Ad-Hoc Working Group for NGOs in Latin America
The risk matrix: Drug-related deaths in prisons in England and Wales, 2015–2020
Call for Speakers: side event at the 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
The VNGOC together with NYNGOC and the UNODC Civil Society Unit is organizing an online side event in the margins of the 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum on 31 January 2023 at 8.30 AM. The event is titled: The central role of civil society in...
Changements dans les visites aux urgences pour le syndrome d’hyperémèse du cannabis à la suite de la légalisation du cannabis à des fins récréatives et de sa commercialisation subséquente en Ontario, Canada
Abstrait
Des recherches antérieures suggèrent que la légalisation du cannabis à des fins récréatives est associée à une augmentation du syndrome d’hyperémèse du cannabis (SHC), mais il n’est pas clair comment la commercialisation du...
Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria
Denmark advises no alcohol consumption for under-18s
All young people aged under 18 have been advised not to drink alcohol in new guidelines issued by the Danish Health Authority.
The advice is part of new general Danish recommendations on alcohol consumption, the health authority said in...
Prix unitaire minimum de l’alcool en Écosse
Ici vous pouvez lire un document d’information préparé par Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems qui examine le prix unitaire minimum en Écosse.
Le document donne un aperçu des éléments suivants :
- Dommages causés par l’alcool en...
Coûts d’une intervention de mesure de l’alcool dans trois pays d’Amérique latine
Abstrait
La mesure de l’alcool dans les milieux de soins de santé est une intervention efficace pour réduire les méfaits liés à l’alcool. Cependant, dans de nombreux pays, les coûts liés à la mesure de l’alcool n’ont pas encore été...
The prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in prison populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health is a new international journal devoted to the rapid publication of authoritative papers on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), Addiction and associated health phenomena.
The Journal has a...
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