Introduction
Inter-GLAM is a European project, co-funded by the European Union’s DG Justice Programme "Drugs Policy Initiatives - Supporting initiatives in the field of drugs policy” (JUST-2019-AG-DRUGS). The project aims to collaborate...
This manual introduces a concept of trauma and offers a framework for becoming a trauma-informed organisation, system, or service sector.
The manual provides a definition of trauma and a trauma-informed approach and offers 6 key principles...
PLATO, a multilingual integrated platform, is designed to facilitate online training, e-learning and discussion through a virtual community of practice (VCP).
At present, PLATO hosts the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC), a programme...
Coordinado por Livia Edegger, directora adjunta de la International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), los especialistas en este panel hablaron sobre la importancia de crear y robustecer la fuerza laboral en la reducción de la...
What do we mean by evidence and why does it matter?
This article, published by Drugs Research Network Scotland, discusses the hierarchy of evidence and the way evidence can be used to inform effective and efficient drug policy and practice...
New Zealand is making history with the launch of a bold Smokefree Action Plan that aims to reduce daily smoking prevalence to less than 5 percent for all population groups across the country by 2025.
The aim of the new plan is to...
This training session on Treatment and Prevention of Substance Use and Mental Health Problems was conducted at the Department of Psychology, University of Karachi psychology graduates and faculty members.
this training workshop was organized by Aga Khan Agency for Habitat to train the national trainers (Community Emergency Response Team). 25 national trainers from different provinces attended this training workshop.
The aim of this training workshop is to develop a team of professionals/ trainers who could replicate this training workshop across the country. To achieve this goal we wanted to increase their knowledge of substance abuse problems...
Here you can read the UK governments 10-year plan to reduce illegal drug use.
The 10-year plan is also the formal, substantive response to the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepts all of her key recommendations...
Documento del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia que presenta línea de base de los programas de mantenimiento con metadona en el país y el perfil de la población atendidas y las características generales del tratamiento...
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week® will be held March 21-27, 2022.
Registration opens on November 1, 2021.
Join NIDA for NDAFW and help share facts about drugs, alcohol, and addiction in your community. Sign up for the latest news...
Supply reduction is often the main approach used for addressing the illicit drug problem.
Evaluating drug policy is an integral part of a cost-efficient approach to tackle illicit drugs. This report takes a first step towards a systematic...
The Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) in partnership with the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, the Canadian Psychological Association and Canada Health Infoway, collected national data on the experience and...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that one in five African adolescents use tobacco and predict a doubling of deaths related to tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries between 2002 and 2030.
Here, you can find out more...
In the context of an ongoing expansion of the global cocaine market, this report summarizes the current state of knowledge on what cocaine consumer products are and how they are produced and consumed in different world regions. The report...
The cocaine market presents a clear threat at the global level. Well-defined locations of production in South America and large consumer markets in the Americas and Europe lead to trafficking routes from a circumscribed origin to specific...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and specifically the Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) are working on addressing substance use and substance use disorders in humanitarian settings.
In this context...
