Drug syndicates get crafty as supply disrupted, prices spike
This article highlights illicit drug supply disruptions, rising drug use prices, innovative ways traffickers are adapting, and changes to drug use patterns.
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Insights on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Substance Use Disorders in Kenya
The UNODC Kenya mentor has participated at the webinar on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and Substance Use Disorders in Kenya on Friday, 15 May 2020. Together with Hussein Manji, Public Health Consultant at UNODC ROEA, the mentor outlines...
The Treatment Organisation Is the Healing Context. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell D2
THE TREATMENT ORGANISATION IS THE HEALING CONTEXT
Seminal and key research on how treatment organisations create an environment affecting whether staff and alcohol-dependent patients realise their potential. Starts with the US resource...
"A Pandemic Within a Pandemic"- How Covid-19 Is Increasing Substance Abuse
In response to the global pandemic, people around the world have adjusted their ways of life.
Governments have imposed restrictions on the time people can spend with one another, forcing people to find alternative means of communication...
Setelah Rekor Penangkapan Narkoba, Pertanyaan tentang Krisis Opioid Merayap ke Asia
VOA melaporkan penyitaan pertama fentanil di Myanmar, meningkatkan kekhawatiran bahwa rute baru terbuka untuk obat sintetis yang kuat itu. Selain itu, artikel tersebut menyoroti produksi kristal metamfetamin di negara bagian Shan. Juga...
When COVID-19 and Opioid Addiction Collide
We are witnessing, arguably, the greatest public health issue of our time. However, that is not to say the public health concerns that were present before the pandemic have disappeared.
Opioid addiction and opioid-related deaths continue...
NIDA Director Outlines Potential Risks to People Who Smoke and Use Drugs During COVID-19 Pandemic
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.
Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special...
Organizações lançam Campanha #VapeVicia #VapeMata
Fundação do Câncer, ACT, AMB, SBPT e outras instituições da área de saúde divulgam nota sobre pesquisa francesa que defende o uso da nicotina no combate ao novo coronavírus e lançam campanha #VapeVicia para alertar que fumantes, usuários de...
Mengurangi Bahaya Alkohol Selama Isolasi Diri Perlu Pendekatan Terukur
Selama pandemi ini, orang-orang terpaksa menyesuaikan gaya hidup mereka untuk mencegah penyebaran COVID-19.
Penguncian dan pembatasan telah diberlakukan di sebagian besar negara, yang telah menyebabkan pub, restoran, dan bar ditutup. Hal...
UN Issues Warning after Myanmar Raids Net Record Breaking Fentanyl Seizures
The discovery of a large seizure of fentanyl in Myanmar indicates that the country may be a new transit route for the powerful synthetic opioid, fentanyl.
The Most Controversial Issue in Alcohol Treatment. Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell C2
THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN ALCOHOL TREATMENT
Focus is on the section of last week’s matrix cell release which explored the fascinating history of the most controversial issue in alcohol treatment - whether dependent drinkers should...
Moroccan Smugglers Embark on Long New Route to Ship Drugs to Europe
Given the COVID-19 pandemic, many trafficking routes have been closed to Moroccan drug traffickers. This has led them to find new complex routes to traffic cannabis into Europe.
A bebida alcoólica e a pandemia do coronavírus
*Por Dr. Mário Sérgio Sobrinho
O uso de drogas, entre elas, o álcool, é assunto mundialmente importante, tanto que a Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), ao definir os “17 Objetivos para Transformar nosso Mundo”, considerou essencial...
MARC PhD Scholarships 2020
The Monash Addiction Research Centre (MARC) is offering scholarships to domestic students who wish to undertake the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on alcohol and other drug-related projects that align with MARC’s core Workplan areas:
- Underst...
Alcohol Change UK Grants Programme & Research Strategy
Alcohol Change UK have opened a new grants programme alongside a research strategy [pdf] outlining its funding priorities and plans for 2020 to 2023.
The New Horizons grants programme is now open with the first round of grants focused on...
Press Statement - Substance Use Prevention and Treatment in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ref: ISSUPNC/01/ADM/VOL.1/004 May 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
We are an umbrella group of professionals dedicated to the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders among...
Rehabilitasi NAPZA dan Pandemi COVID-19 di Indonesia
Sejak kasus pertama COVID-19 ditemukan di Indonesia dan secara resmi diumumkan oleh Presiden Republik Indonesia Joko Widodo pada tanggal 2 Maret 2020, kemudian pada tanggal 11 Maret 2020 World Health Organisation (WHO) menyatakan bahwa...
A Guide for Tobacco Users to Quit
This self-help material was developed based on WHO Capacity Building Training Package 4 entitled “Strengthening health systems for treating tobacco dependence in primary care”. Its target audience are tobacco users. It aims to give advice...
