The training on UPC-Practitioner’s Series core Course was conducted on Monday 10th – 14th February 2025 in Wakiso district, Uganda at UYDEL Masooli Rehabilitation centre. The Universal Prevention Curriculum for Substance Use for...
This paper is a primer for exploration of these synergistic realities of engaging community driven prevention and recovery models that task lived and living experience of drug use exiting recovery for primary prevention lessons and...
Objective:
The objective of the study was to examine the efficacy of Stephen Brooks’ strategy of hypnotherapy for smoking cessation among male young adults.
Methods:
The study included 8 participants recruited through a purposive...
This study investigates the effectiveness of Habit Reversal Training (HRT) in reducing vaping behavior and improving associated psychological outcomes, such as depression, anxiety, and stress, among university students. Four hypotheses were...
Europol’s EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) 2025, published today, reveals how the very DNA of crime is shifting – reshaping the tactics, tools and structures employed by criminal networks.
The EU-SOCTA offers one...
The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU), co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), publishes this newsletter regularly to inform people living in Canada about emerging substance use...
UTC - 4 Based Basic Counselling Skills Programme
Basic counseling skills and drug counseling are a valuable tool for the development of a very important function in Sri Lankan society. The importance of a scientific and evidence-based...
Evidence-based practice (EBP) serves as the foundation for effective prevention strategies, ensuring interventions, programmes, and policies are grounded in the best available scientific knowledge.
This guide presents a curated collection...
The National Survey of Substance Use and Mental Health Services (N-SUMHSS) is a voluntary, annual survey that collects data from all active substance use and mental health treatment facilities across the United States, its territories, and...
An overview investigation and report into parental recreational substance use and the inevitable and lasting impacts on children in such settings.
Excerpt: "The stark reality of parental substance use in modern society is far more...
Widespread workplace coverage is another unique aspect of drug prevention. Workplace prevention, in particular, covers a wide range of aspects of drug prevention. Prevention-based curricula address organizational policies, brief...
Training Workshop for Primary School Teachers - Colombo, Sri Lanka
At NDDCB Training Center -Colombo
29th November 2024
One-day training workshop
Primary school teachers are the guides in the development of children's basic knowledge...
National Dangerous Drugs Control Board has collaborated with Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka to enhance the quality of lives their farmers and reduce the use of substance in their areas since 2016.
In 2024 November, Mahaweli Authority of...
National Dangerous Drugs Control Board has collaborated with Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka to enhance the quality of lives their farmers and reduce the use of substance in their areas since 2016.
In 2024 November, Mahaweli Authority of...
One-day drug prevention workshop for university students 22 November 2024
University students are crucial in youth-led drug prevention. A one-day workshop on this topic was conducted by NDDCB PET at Wickramarachchi University, Colombo...
10 щорічна конференція Асоціації психіатрів України з міжнародною участю «Можливості у сфері психічного здоров’я в країні, що перебуває у стані війни» відбулася у Києві 10-11 жовтня 2024 р. у гібридному форматі (офлайн і онлайн).
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I am Margaret Kwa'ada Julius, the CEO and founder of the Eye Opener Youth and Women Foundation and the Tobacco and Substance Abstinence Club in Nigeria. My foundation has been honored with multiple awards, including the WHO WNT awards for...
URC RECOVERY ALLIES The URC -Recovery Allies curriculum is an opportunity to help 18 people of NDDCB as another great gift received by Sri Lanka through the Colombo Plan Drug Adversary Program (DAP) at the time of great influence.
The 18...
