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

Kenya Launches National Guidelines on Drug Use Prevention

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News
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Populations
Family
Public Health

June 26, 2021, Nairobi, Kenya:- As the World commemorated the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADA) on June 26, 2021, Kenya has added another milestone in the journey towards a nation free from alcohol and...

Disentangling substance use and related problems: urgency predicts substance-related problems beyond the degree of use

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Data

Background:

Substance use disorders are reliably associated with high impulsivity and sensation seeking. Importantly, both precede problematic substance use, implicating them as risk factors. Individuals with substance use disorders show...

World Drug Report 2021

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Format
Book
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Data
Partner Organisation
Consisting of five separate booklets, the World Drug Report 2021 provides an in-depth analysis of the global drug markets and paints a comprehensive picture of the measurable effects and potential impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the world drug problem.

A randomised, double-blind study investigating the relationship between early childhood trauma and the rewarding effects of morphine

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health
Data
Experiences of childhood trauma (abuse and neglect) are disproportionately higher in those with opioid use disorder (OUD). Childhood trauma may affect the reinforcing and rewarding properties of opioid drugs and responses to pain, potentially via developmental changes to the endogenous opioid system.

Evaluation of the Drink Wise Age Well Programme

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Book
Themes
Prevention
Public Health

The Drink Wise, Age Well programme was delivered over five years from 2015 to 2020 in five intervention areas across the UK.

The project had 4 objectives:

  1. To raise awareness of the issue of alcohol misuse among people over 50, change...

ISSUP Italy Launch

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
ISSUP Italy would like to invite you to attend their upcoming Launch Event. The Launch will centre on the theme 'Challenges and Perspectives in Addictions'.

Evidence-based prevention: advances and challenges for our country

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention

ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar on evidence-based prevention: advances and challenges for Chile.

The webinar will take place on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (Chile Time)

This year, on the International Day...

Virtual Launch of the 2021 European Drug Report

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Video and audio recordings
Themes
Data
Partner Organisation

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected drug use and supply? What drugs are causing the most concern today? What are the latest trends in drug production and trafficking?

Find out more in the recording of the online media event from 9 June...

New Benzodiazepines in Europe – A Review

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Book
Themes
Data
Public Health

Summary

This report provides a technical review of the current body of knowledge regarding new benzodiazepines that are monitored by the EU Early Warning System.

The aims of this report are to strengthen situational awareness of new...

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