Search
Cost of Substance Use on the Economic Productivity of Canadians – Findings at a Glance
In 2020, the Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms (CSUCH) data reported that substance use resulted in a loss of $22.4 billion in productivity. This represents 45.6% of the overall cost and harms of substance use, which amounted to $49.1...
Eight Dimensions of Wellness
SAMHSA explains the concept of wellness, encompassing physical and mental health. This resource elaborates on the eight dimensions of wellness that cover various aspects of modern-day life, highlighting the interconnection between physical...
The Biological Component of Behavioral Health and Marijuana Use
Join us for the next webinar as part of our Marijuana and Pregnancy Educational Project series highlighting the role of neuroscience and epigenetics as they relate to behavioral health and the potential implications of self-medicating with...
International Children's Day 2023 01st October 2023
Children's day posters
Children's day based on substance abuse
Supporting people who use methamphetamine through SMART Recovery Mutual-help Groups
This Cracks in the Ice webinar was held on Wednesday 6th of September and provided attendees with information about
• Mutual-help groups like SMART Recovery
• Recent research findings that highlight the potential of SMART...
Recognizing and Responding to Opioid Overdose; Safety and Naloxone Training
HEAL Connections Sharing Session Two-Part Series: Inclusive Language, Imagery, and Storytelling for Addiction and Pain Researcher Teams
Overview
This Sharing Session was part one of a two-part series focusing on helping HEAL addiction researchers use language, imagery, and storytelling in respectful ways that engage all stakeholders.
World Drug Report 2023 Examining the Data Webinar (Civil Society & UNODC)- Dalgarno Institute
Beyond the headline of growing substance use and 'damage management' tactics, is the proactive and effective potential of evidence-based Demand Reduction, prevention and recovery.
Datos sobre el uso de múltiples sustancias
Fuente: https://www.cdc.gov/stopoverdose/polysubstance-use/pdf/Spanish-Polysubstance-Factsheet-508.pdf
¿Qué es el uso de múltiples sustancias?
El uso de más de una droga, lo que se conoce como uso de múltiples sustancias, es frecuente...
Polysubstance Use Facts
What is polysubstance use?
The use of more than one drug, also known as polysubstance use, is common. This includes when two or more are taken together or within a short time period, either intentionally or unintentionally.
Intentiona...
Recovery Research Institute Infographics
The Recovery Research Institute have put together a series of pamphlets presenting and discussing all issues relating to recovery support
Centre for disease control prevention factsheets: HIV and substance use
Sharing needles, syringes, or other drug injection equipment—for example, cookers—puts people at risk for getting or transmitting HIV and other infections.
In addition to being at risk for HIV and viral hepatitis, people who inject drugs...
HIV and people who use drugs: Factsheet
The 2021-2026 Global AIDS Strategy has bold and critical new targets on realizing human rights, reducing stigma, discrimination and violence and removing harmful punitive laws as a pathway to ending inequalities and ultimately ending AIDS.
...Grief: Helping Someone Else in the Aftermath of Loss
In the wake of loss, it can be hard to take care of those you care about who are grieving. As with self-care, there are many possible ways to offer support to someone who is grieving, and a variety of factors that affect how you can offer...
Grief: Taking Care of Yourself in the Aftermath of Loss
This factsheet, published by the National Centre for PTSD, discusses the ways in which we can engage in self-care in the wake of loss.
The factsheet provides an overview of grief and some of the theories and processes that are associated...
Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain, 2022
Summary of key findings
The evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain is monitored using the ASH Smokefree GB survey of 11-18 year olds 2013-2022 (see Appendix 2 for methodology), in the context of changes in tobacco use and the...
Parent Tips for Helping Adolescents After Disasters
Helping Military Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Parents
Children grieve in different ways. Military children face unique challenges after the death of a service member. Some may develop traumatic grief responses, making it more difficult to cope.
Here are ways to recognize and help your...
Share the Knowledge: ISSUP members can post in the Knowledge Share – Sign in or become a member