Recovery 101
Recovery from a substance use disorder is defined as a process of improved physical, psychological, and social well-being and health after having suffered from a substance-related condition.
The recovery research institute has put...
Recovery from a substance use disorder is defined as a process of improved physical, psychological, and social well-being and health after having suffered from a substance-related condition.
The recovery research institute has put...
This online course introduces the science of addiction recovery and looks at the evidence on recovery pathways in Europe.
Recovery Pathways has a particular focus on gender differences in how people recover and what happens at different...
Sharing drug injecting equipment increases the risk of transmitting and acquiring blood-borne infections, such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. While hepatitis C is the most prevalent blood-borne viral infection among people who inject drugs...
UNODC has put together summaries of the work that they are doing relating to Drug use and HIV.
Here, you can find out more about the work that UNODC has done relating to
The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) is a pan-Canadian network of community partners co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). The network has sites in British Columbia, Manitoba...
In the framework of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, several activities took place, including the publication of the World Drug Report elaborated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
T...
This miniguide is one of a larger set, which together comprise Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide.
It provides an overview of the most important aspects to consider when planning or delivering health and...
The United Nations Synthetic Drug Toolkit supports the international community in implementing comprehensive response measures to address the synthetic drug problem.
The toolkit was developed in response to Commission on Narcotic...
Drugs of Abuse delivers clear, scientific information about drugs in a factual, straightforward way.
With the information in this guide, parents and caregivers can help their children make smart choices and avoid the consequences of drug...
Drug prevention approaches range from those that target society as a whole (environmental and universal prevention) to interventions focusing on at-risk individuals (indicated prevention).
The main challenges are in matching these...
This poster, presented during the IX International Conference on NPS(24 to 26 Oct 2022, Panama), showcases some of the work of the EU Early Warning System on new psychoactive substances. Operated by the EMCDDA, in close...
This assessment tool can be used by any health and social services and programs that serve young people, including substance use services, mental health services, youth treatment services, harm reduction services, youth shelters, community...
This handbook is a collection of shared experiences and stories to help other parents and caregivers find refuge, support and courage to reach out for help.
Whether your young person is experimenting with substances or has developed a...
Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (MATTC) partnered with the Ethnic Communities Opioid Response Network in Missouri, the Addiction Policy Forum, and the Opioid Response Network (ORN in IA, KS, MO, and NE) to translate 5...
Children living with parents who use substances are a group of children who are overlooked in legislation, policy and practice.
This guide draws on research that puts children’s voices front and centre.
Findings from safeguarding...
Overview
Mental health problems are very common in those with a substance use disorder, and these patients have more clinically and psychosocially severe problems than patients with substance use disorders without comorbid mental health...
Workers who provide AOD treatment to people in residential settings need to have the most up-to-date and evidenced-based practice approaches at their fingertips.
In this comprehensive resource, you will find research outlining the...
This toolkit aims to support the EMCDDA’s stakeholders, other actors and researchers in the drugs field to implement their own foresight exercise in the form of an introductory trend-based workshop.
It describes briefly the foresight and...
In partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Project NEPTUNE has developed training modules to improve clinical practice in the management of harms resulting from the use of club drugs and novel psychoactive substances.
These...
The rapid emergence of a large number of New Psychoactive Substances on the global drug market poses a significant risk to public health and a challenge to drug policy. Often, little is known about the adverse health effects and social...
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