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Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 – Panel: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Substance Use and Co-occurring Disorders, on the 28th of June, 2024.

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 – Panel: Global Approaches in Substance Use Prevention, Treatment and Recovery: Insights from Vietnam, Peru, East Africa and The Maldives, on the 28th of June, 2024.

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 – Panel: Sytems Change and the Role of the University through the Lens of the ITTC Network: Part 3 Sample ITTC Initiatives in Colombia, Ukraine and Indonesia, on the 28th of June, 2024.

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 – Panel: Workforce Development: Global Perspectives and Future Directions, on the 28th of June, 2024.

Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) encompass multi-sector approach on strategies and programs designed to divert individuals with substance use disorders away from conventional imprisonment. These alternatives address treatment, support...

The global incarceration rate has been steadily rising, with nearly 11 million individuals detained either awaiting trial or serving sentences worldwide. Prison overcrowding presents a longstanding and pervasive challenge for numerous...

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) highlights the strong link between drug use and criminal behavior, recognizing addiction as a disease requiring public health and safety interventions. The administration aims to break the cycle of drug use and crime through innovative, evidence-based approaches. These include smart probation strategies, like Hawaii's HOPE program and South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Project, which emphasize swift and certain sanctions for violations, reducing recidivism and saving costs. Drug courts, which combine treatment with judicial oversight, have shown success in reducing substance use and criminal activity. The administration supports expanding these programs to improve public safety and health outcomes while reducing correctional costs.

Alternatives to incarceration (ATIs) are mainly designed for offenders whose criminal behavior is driven by an underlying substance abuse disorder. This behavior can include not only crimes related to substance use (e.g., possession) but...

ISSUP, in collaboration with the Centre for Addiction Recovery Research (CARR), presents its webinar on Building Inclusive Recovery Cities.

 

This webinar combines key innovations in public-facing recovery programmes that challenge...

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Around the world, using drugs is connected to both the legal system and the health system. Studies suggest a link between drug use and crime, but they say it's not a direct cause. In many countries, the legal system is overwhelmed...

Substance use disorder is common among people in prison worldwide.

This report explores the experiences of males in prison who completed and those who did not complete a group-based drug and alcohol program, to gain insight into their...

In this bulletin, data on treated problem alcohol use for the year 2022 are presented, followed by trends for the seven-year period from 2016 to 2022.

The data are from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS), the national...

Dr. Mario Luiz Sarrubbo, Procurador-Geral da Justiça do Estado de São Paulo, protocolizou um memorial no Supremo Tribunal Federal – STF com o posicionamento do Ministério Público paulista sobre a pauta que trata da possível...

Trattamento obbligatorio e riabilitazione dalla droga: problemi di diritti umani in Sri Lanka

K.A. WARUNI KUMARASINGHA,

Assistente docente,

Dipartimento di Studi Internazionali, Università di Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

 

Astratto

La...

È stato annunciato che le autorità locali di tutta l'Inghilterra beneficeranno di un ulteriore finanziamento governativo di 421 milioni di sterline fino al 2025 per migliorare il trattamento e il recupero dalla dipendenza da droghe e alcol...

Questo articolo esplora i fattori che contribuiscono alle morti legate alla droga nelle carceri inglesi e gallesi tra il 2015 e il 2020.

UNODC has put together summaries of the work that they are doing relating to Drug use and HIV.

Here, you can find out more about the work that UNODC has done relating to

• drug use and HIV
• prisons and HIV
• HIV and the sustainable...

ADDICTUS 2022

IV° FORUM NAZIONALE SULLE DIPENDENZE PATOLOGICHE

Centro Congressi di Riva del Garda (TN) 2 - 4 dicembre 2022

Responsabili scientifici: Fabio Lugoboni, Anna Franceschini, Stefano Canali

 

VENERDI’ 2.12.22

Disturbi del...