Publications

Deaths in England directly caused by alcohol rose by 11% between 2006 and 2017. During the same period, hospital admissions in which alcohol misuse was a primary factor increased by 17%.

In 2017 alone almost 1 million hospital admissions were in some way related to this behaviour. That’s around 7% of all hospital admissions that year.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has a high prevalence in people who inject drugs in Europe, although HCV infection is both preventable and curable. 

This report, published by the National Records of Scotland, provides statistics of drug-related deaths in 2018 and earlier years, broken down by age, sex, selected drugs reported, the underlying cause of death and NHS board and council areas.

Key findings:

26 June 2019 was the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Multiple campaigns, rallies, poster designing and programs were conducted in the observance of the day. The theme of this year’s day was “Health fo

Monthly Newsletter from June 1, 2019 – June 30, 2019

The aim of the study was to show whether there was a connection
between drug use and eating disorders, as well as to identify the type
of drugs most widely used and to ascertain whether they are used to
suppress appetite. An “ad hoc” scale was developed using the items of the Eating Disorder
Diagnostic Scale, whose aim is to detect cases at risk of certain types of

The use of drugs among adolescents/youth often results in a high degree of distress for the family members who live with them. This in turn can lead to a deterioration of mental (psychological) health, hindering any attempt to successfully cope with the situation. The goal of our research was to study the effect of the Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) program on parents of adolescents/young adult drug users.

The Youth Power Program aims to reduce the amount of injection drug use among Central Asian youth in order to stop a growing HIV epidemic. The goal of this program is to identify high risk youth subgroups and teach them how to make healthy and informed decisions about drug use and sexual behavior. 

To commemorate International Day against 

El Mecanismo de Evaluación Multilateral (MEM) es un instrumento diseñado para medir el progreso de las acciones ejecutadas por los Estados Miembros de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) para abordar el problema hemisférico de las drogas y otros delitos conexos.

This fact sheet uses the ASH smokefree GB survey of 11-18-year-olds 2013-2019, and other sources, to examine evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain in the context of changes in the regulation of e-cigarettes, and use of tobacco among adults and children.

Esta publicación forma parte de la serie “Recomendaciones para la Red Integrada de Salud Mental con base en la Comunidad”, y tiene como objetivo acercar sugerencias y recomendaciones como herramientas de trabajo que orienten a la asistencia de las personas que refieran o presenten un padecimiento mental (incluyendo consumo problemático de sustancias y/o adicciones), sin ningún tipo de menoscabo o discriminación en toda institución de salud y e

This publication assesses various evidence-based treatments for Opioid Use Disorder and specifically highlights the effectiveness of medication-based treatment when done correctly. 

The Drug Advisory Training Hub (DATH) & YOCFAN team have put together their latest monthly reports outlining the activity being carried out in the drug demand reduction field in Pakistan.

As well as providing details of the different institutions involved in drug use prevention work, the report highlights the challenges that the organisations face and the efforts to resolve each problem as they arose.

Monthly Newsletter from April 1, 2019 – April 30, 2019