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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

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

Highlights from the 2023 UNODC World Drug Report

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Statistics
Supply & Market Disruption
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Partner Organisation
ISSUP are pleased to present our Webinar on highlights from the 2023 edition of the UNODC World Drug Report.

Family Day: NGO launches an information guide for parents

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News
Themes
Prevention
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family

On the occasion of the International Day of the Family, celebrated on May 15 each year, the NGO RAPAA (Research Action Prevention Accompaniment of Addictions) organized a ceremony to launch a guide for families. This brochure aims to inform...

Peer influences on substance use and mental health during adolescence

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Mental Health

 

Presented by Dr Louise Birrell and Dr Jack Andrews, this webinar is for school staff, parents, and any health professionals interested in peer influences on substance use and mental health. In this webinar, they examine trends in...

The Role of Law Enforcement Officers in Drug Use Prevention within School Settings A Guiding Document

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Format
Book
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Partner Organisation

In the context of law enforcement, the UNODC has developed a guiding document to help support a change of culture on how to make use of the science of prevention for the betterment of the health and safety development of youth.

The UNODC...

WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) Information Repository

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Website
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Public Health
Policy
Data
On Thursday, June 1st, the WHO launched the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) Information Repository, which provides health professionals and drug policy experts with a single searchable database to freely access all technical reports on over 450 substances reviewed by the ECDD.

The Impact of Alcohol Availability Interventions

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Scientific article
Themes
Public Health
Policy

Interventions that restrict the availability of alcohol reduce the risk of harm. However, until now it has been unclear why this is the case.

In this research, the views of public health teams, police, local authority licensing teams and...

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