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Objective: To explore innovative programmes providing solutions in the field of homelessness and drugs.

Background: The association between long-term homelessness, problem drug use and alcohol dependence are well documented. Evidence...

Dual diagnosis is the term used to describe people with mental health problems, who also misuse drugs or alcohol.

People affected by dual diagnosis often fall through the cracks of public services, and so do their families. Those cracks...

This webinar explored how COVID-19 pandemic impacted mental health and substance use in young people.

It also discussed the challenges that youth continue to face during the pandemic and how youth allies, including educators, parents, and...

Dr Liviu Alexandrescu Lecturer in Criminology School of History, Philosophy and Culture – Oxford Brookes University

Presentation title: Drug/dependency stigma and marginality: some reflections on the political economy of blame.

Dr James...

Hendree Jones, Professor UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Executive Director UNC Horizons presents on work developed in summer 2020 regarding helping parents cope.

Language is powerful in shaping view and opinions about groups of people.

By changing the way we discuss substance use issues, we can start to reverse harmful stereotypes about addiction.

Drug use is heavily stigmastised. People who use...

Within research examining adverse childhood experiences, the toxic trio describes the risk of child abuse and neglect stemming from a child’s exposure to domestic violence, parental mental health issues and/or learning disability, and...

Every year on the 10th of September organisations and communities around the world come together to raise awareness of how we can create a world where fewer people die by suicide.

Close to 800 000 people die by suicide every year...

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This report examines hospitalisation trends related to cannabis use and mental and behavioural disorders in Canada between 2006 and 2015.

During this period, the rate of hospitalizations related to cannabis use and mental and...

Smoking rates among people with a mental health condition are significantly higher than in the general population. 

Research has also found that individuals with mental health issues who smoke are more likely to smoke heavily and extract...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has put together information on the potential implications of this pandemic on those who struggle with substance use disorder.

The social distancing that is required during this COVID-19 outbreak has...