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Listen First is a UNODC initiative to support happy, healthy and happy family relationships.
This video demonstrates how patience makes children feel cared for and loved and is key in creating meaningful relationships and good communication.
Key messages:
Science proves that the less punishing the parental style, the better for the child.
The MCA Alcohol and Covid Free Webinar took place at 12.30pm on Wednesday 11 November 2020 in the UK.
The next MCA Annual Symposium is on the theme of 'Interventions & Recovery' on 17 November 2021 at the British Medical Association, London.
Our recently released short video, The Impact of Drugs in the Workplace, is now available in Spanish!
Our recently released The Environmental Impact of Drugs... Know the Truth short animated video is now available in Spanish!
Our recently released Protective Factors video is now available in Spanish!
Our new Alternatives to Incarceration short video is now available in Spanish!
Policies that allow for alternatives to incarceration are a way to link individuals with substance use disorders to supportive treatment and social services. This proven approach increases the number of people in long term recovery and keeps families together, while reducing crime and recidivism. Check out the video and share with policy makers and on social media to raise awareness on alternatives to incarceration.
Interview conducted by the team of the Ombudsman's Office of the City of Buenos Aires to Dr. Roberto Canay
Theme: Media and Substance Use
Interview conducted by the team of the Ombudsman's Office of the City of Buenos Aires with Dr. Roberto Canay.
Topic: Mass Media and Substances Use
English subtitles
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Applied Prevention Science International (APSI) is putting together a new series of informal video interviews with scientists, professionals and other stakeholders who are contributing to prevention knowledge and practice around the world.
Understanding protective factors and how to build strong healthy youth and families can help prevent youth from experiencing adverse childhood experiences and initiating into substance use. Check out and share our new video and resources to raise awareness on prevention and help build drug-free youth and families.
Heroin or KUDU (in Sri Lanka) is the main illegal substance (drug) abuse by individual more than 100000 in the country.
On Friday 6 March 2020, the SSA sponsored a one-day conference on conducting qualitative addiction research.
The resulting videos were released weekly during June and July 2020 and provide a useful resource for any qualitative addictions researcher looking to develop their skills and careers.
Substance use disorders threaten the health and safety of work environments. The most effective way to prevent drug and alcohol related consequences in the workplace is through a comprehensive drug-free workplace program.
DFAF's short video highlights the concerns related to environmental destruction due to drug cultivation and production.
Presentation by Drs. Chia Francis and Mashika Esther
This webinar will illuminate the level of drug use in Nigeria, efforts made so far to address access to drug abuse treatment services in Nigeria, and details of a study regarding access to treatment.
DFAF's short video highlights the concerns related to environmental destruction due to drug cultivation and production.
Para acceder a los webinars, sigue el link de cada expositor/a:
👉 Livia Edegger, Subdirectora, Sociedad Internacional de Profesionales del Uso de Sustancias (ISSUP) https://youtu.be/BGngDAVX6dw
UNODC has developed Guidelines for the safe handling of substances and management of exposure risk for law enforcement and customs officers as part of the ‘safe handling’ series of technical guidelines and training materials.
3 Steps for Providing Prevention Plus Wellness Programs: Video
Description: Three easy steps are described for implementing any of the single-session evidence-based and evidence-informed substance use Prevention Plus Wellness programs that promote protective wellness behaviors among youth and young adults. 8 minutes long.
View Video: https://youtu.be/sPlnNFvfXyA
What is Naloxone?
Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It is an opioid antagonist—meaning that it binds to opioid receptors and can reverse and block the effects of other opioids. It can very quickly restore normal respiration to a person whose breathing has slowed or stopped as a result of overdosing with heroin or prescription opioid pain medications.
A YouTube playlist containing thirty two-minute concise videos about addictions. The numbering of the series is based on the chapter numbers for the award-winning textbook, “Addictions Counseling Today: Substances and Addictive Behaviors” by Dr. Kevin G. Alderson.
People who use drugs and with rug use disorders are particularly vulnerable to Covid19 due to underlying health issues, social marginalization and higher economic and social vulnerabilities.
Stigma and discrimination of people who use drugs and with drug use disorders result in limited access to health, housing, employment and social support, and impacts on their efforts to stay safe during COVID-19 pandemic.
Here is a 2-minute video sample of the evidence-based substance use SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness program which promotes protective wellness behaviors among youth.
This is the high school version of the SPORT PPW program on video for easy online implementation by prevention and health specialists, organizations and parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We had some problems with the YouTube video link so here it is in Zoom.
This is a video of the single-session evidence-based SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness Program for high school adolescents.
We’d greatly appreciate it if after reviewing the video you would send us your thoughts on how we can improve the video to be shared to your youth.
Resource Description: Describes what are e-cigarettes, how they work, how they affect the brain, their health effects, and can they help a person stop smoking.: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/electronic-cigarettes-e-cigarettes
Dear Friends:
Prevention Plus Wellness is inviting prevention and health specialists to review the newly updated SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness High School Program in recorded video format for youth.
If you agree to review this 26-minute video, we will ask you to complete a 2-minute survey providing us with feedback.
You will need a YouTube account to view this video.
We created this short 8-minute video of an evidence-informed resource for prevention and health specialists and organizations to share with their youth and young adults.
It includes a short description of the web-based resource, a youth assignment and a link to the resource.
This seminar provides a preliminary examination of the range of information available on opioid overdose in Australia’s largest and only active cohort study of people who use drugs.
Penny Hill from the Burnet Institute explores a range of self-report and linked data including data collected on ambulance attendances, emergency department presentations and deaths.