Webinar: ISSUP South Africa - COVID-19 ~ What can be done through us
This first webinar from ISSUP South Africa focusses upon the toll of Covid-19 upon social factors, which can thereby affect substance use disorders.
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Alcohol, MDMA and cannabis use: Impact on the adolescent brain
This webinar is for teachers, school staff, parents and others who are interested in understanding the effect of drugs on adolescent brain. It explores the development of adolescent brain and how this process is interrupted by the use of...
Investing in Prevention: Standards and Innovation in Economic Evaluation
In this presentation, Dr. Crowley discusses key standards for economic evaluation as identified by a number of convergent efforts.
In particular, the video discusses important role of administrative records for mapping the costs and...
Webinar: ISSUP South Africa – Cannabis and the Youth in South Africa
ISSUP Global and ISSUP South Africa brought Siphokazi Dada, to present on the subject of Cannabis Use amongst South African use. The trends, the policy changes and data on the impact of the decriminalisation to review the changes in demand and cannabis related problems.
Video: Drug Prevention: Challenges and Experiences in Times of Pandemic
The Addiction Unit of the University Psychiatric Clinic, belonging to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile and the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile presented a seminar on prevention of drug use: challenges and experiences in times of pandemic.
Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 period: May 2020
The aim of this paper is to analyse changes in alcohol consumption since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We show that the frequency of alcohol consumption during COVID-19 is slightly higher for males than it was 2-3 years previously...
Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance Factsheet
Drug overdoses have dramatically increased over the last two decades, and deaths from overdose have increased sharply since 2013. In 2016, more than 63,000 Americans died from drug overdoses. Of those overdose deaths, around 2 in 3 have...
Academic Programs in Drug Treatment and Prevention at Paraguayan Universities
This video is a recording of a webinar on January 31, 2020 where presenters Diana Lesme Romero, Ph.D. , Maria Cecilia Munoz Perez, MSc. and Graciela Barreto Castro, Ph.D. discuss the complex drug problem in Paraguay and review the...
Leveraging Partnerships in Planning
This webinar highlights the value of partnering with elected officials, law enforcement professionals, school administrators and educators, parent and student organizations, faith-based organizations, local media and businesses for a...
Methods for Understanding and Addressing Stigma To Prevent Common Risk Factors for Disease
In this presentation, Dr. Valerie Earnshaw provides a cross-cutting conceptual overview of stigma, identifies targets for stigma measurement, recommends methodological approaches for stigma research, and reviews the intervention toolkit to...
