All Resources for 'Media, Advocacy, and Communications original'

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Eighteenth Session)

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will focus on the topic 'Driving change through addiction prevention advocacy: Strategies for lasting impact and effective messaging'.

World Drug Report 2023

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Format
Book
Themes
Public Health
Statistics
Policy
Law
Data
Supply & Market Disruption
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Partner Organisation
For the first time since its conception, this year the World Drug Report consists of two products, a web-based element and a set of booklets.

Cannabis laws in Europe: questions and answers for policymaking

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Book
Themes
Policy
Law
Partner Organisation

Introduction

This publication answers some of the more frequently asked questions raised in discussions about cannabis legislation. While the primary focus is on the use of cannabis for recreational purposes, relevant legislation for other...

Psychosocial and Cultural Coping Strategies for Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention and Treatment

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News
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Theories and Science

American College of Science and Humanities initiated activities to fulfill the ISSUP mission in Sri Lanka. On June 11th 2023, the college held the inaugural psychology research conference with special focus on substance use prevention and...

How have governments communicated UK alcohol duty policy changes?

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Book
Themes
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy

Pricing, including taxation, is a key tool to address harm from alcohol and is identified by the World Health Organization as a ‘best buy’ policy (meaning it is both effective in reducing harm and cost-effective). However alcohol was 72%...

World Drug Day in Togo

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News
Themes
Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Policy

As part of the celebration of June 26 ..
THE NGO RAPAA.. made a passage in the television program La Poz de la TVT with the participation of a member of the CNAD 

Yesterday, June 26, the NGO RAPAA also hosted a program in Ewe language with...

Support. Don't Punish International Day of Action

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Policy

A global advocacy campaign calling for drug policies based on health and human rights.

Support. Don’t Punish is a global grassroots-centred initiative in support of harm reduction and drug policies that prioritise public health and human...

Spanish Project of Best Practice Portal in Drug Demand Reduction and Behavioural Addictions

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION: In Spain, the offer of prevention programmes is very varied and structured, but today the challenge remains how to put evidence into practice. European Commission define a best practice as “a relevant policy or intervention...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

The Implementation of Quality Standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Quality Assurance
Policy
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND: Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.

METHODS: A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

National Implementation of Quality Standards in Prevention and Treatment Services for Substance Use/ Addictions – A Case Study of Cyprus

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Prevention
Quality Assurance
Policy
Treatment
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION: The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) is the main coordinating body for all matters related to licit and illicit substances as well as pathological gambling in Cyprus and it is responsible, inter alia, for the...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

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