Publications

World Drug Report 2020

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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
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Presented in six separate booklets, the World Drug Report 2020 provides a wealth of information and analysis to support the international community in implementing operational recommendations on a number of commitments made by Member States, including the recommendations contained in the outcome document of the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem, held in 2016.

Orientaciones y módulos técnicos sobre los servicios comunitarios de salud mental: promover los enfoques centrados en las personas y basados en los derechos: resumen

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Organización Mundial de la Salud
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Organización Mundial de la Salud. (‎2021)‎. Orientaciones y módulos técnicos sobre los servicios comunitarios de salud mental: promover los enfoques centrados en las personas y basados en los derechos: resumen. Organización Mundial de la Salud. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/341641. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

 

European Drug Report 2021

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EMCDDA
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The Trends and Developments report presents the EMCDDA’s latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report contains a comprehensive set of national data across these themes and interventions.

Here, you can view a video of the European Drug Report 2021 highlights.

UNODC’s Strategic Vision for Africa 2030

Published by
UNODC

UNODC’s Strategic Vision for Africa 2030 outlines our mission to provide more safety to Africa’s people, government and institutions from drugs, crime, corruption, terrorism and illicit financial flows.

The UNODC Vision 2030 seeks to strengthen crime prevention, enhance justice, address organized crime, ensure a balanced response to drugs, improve the rule of law and bolster resilience.

Wastewater Analysis and Drugs

Published by
EMCDDA

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Analysing communal wastewaters for drugs and their metabolic products in order to estimate their consumption in the community is a developing field, involving scientists working in different research areas, including analytical chemistry, physiology and biochemistry, sewage engineering, spatial epidemiology and statistics, and conventional drug epidemiology.

Effect of Monitoring the Compliance of Banning Alcohol Sales to Minors in the Volume of Underage Acute Alcohol Intoxication Cases in Mexico: A Controlled ITSA Analysis

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International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
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In México, underage alcohol consumption is a major public health problem. Notwith-standing the complex character of alcohol consumption, evidence indicates that enforcing the policies aimed to control the availability of alcohol has produced positive outcomes and has proved to be one of the most cost-effective strategies for curbing consumption, as well as they have succeeded in reducing health and social problems associated to alcohol use.

U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO) "Behavioral Health: Patient Access, Provider Claims Payment, and the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic"

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U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO)
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Source: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-437r.pdf

 

Fast Facts

How has the need for and availability of services for mental health and substance use disorders changed during the COVID-19 pandemic?

 

Evidence suggests these conditions increased while access to care decreased.

KYDA POSTER PRESENTATION IN UAPC20

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KAWEMPE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (KYDA UGANDA)
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KYDA presented a poster on family therapy interventions taking place at their centre during the second Uganda Alcohol Policy Conference. Family therapy is a collection of therapeutic approaches that share a belief in family-level assessment and intervention. 

The poster details the objectives and approach used in these family therapy interventions, and presents a series of recommendations in the conclusion.

ASRS Questionnaire and Tobacco Use: Not Just a Cigarette. A Screening Study in an Italian Young Adult Sample

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Abstract: Young adults exhibit greater sensitivity than adults to nicotine reinforcement, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) increases the risk for early-onset smoking. We investigated the correlation between ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) scores and smoking, evaluated the prevalence of ADHD symptomatology (not diagnoses) in smokers and non-smokers and its comorbidity with benzodiazepine and gambling addictions.

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