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Research Update from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
Empowering Change: Strategies for Navigating Your Policy Advocacy Journey
Example of fully functioning digital national infrastructural support IPREV for school and community prevention activities: a compact simple system means understandable, acceptable and sustainable solution
Public Health of Addiction
Cannabis: Reading List
Of all illicit substances, cannabis stands out as the most extensively cultivated, trafficked, and misused. It has significant effects on the human body and mind, altering sensory perceptions, mood, cognitive abilities, motor coordination...
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...
INEP Plus, Day 2, Track 2, 09:00-10:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 13th May, 2022
Presentations:
- Quality of training modules in prevention – INEP, INEP Plus - Asst. Prof. Horálek Helena, Dr...
DECCA Big Guides
Overdose recognition and management: Reading list
According to the World Health Organisation, around half a million deaths each year are attributable to drug use. More than 70% of these deaths are related to opioids, with more than 30% of those deaths caused by overdose. Signs, symptoms...
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Reading List
Adverse Childhood Experiences are traumatic circumstances or events that occur during childhood. Research that has examined ACEs has pointed to the link between these traumatic events in childhood and the increased risk of negative physical...
Brain Builder Learning Cards: Adverse Childhood Experiences
This resource presents five concepts critical to understanding adverse childhood experiences and their impact on brain development and health.
The concepts are part of the Brain Story and include:
- brain architecture
- serve-and...
FDA Tobacco Education Posters (English and Spanish)
Free youth smoking prevention posters from FDA Tobacco for order or download in English or Spanish.
Alcohol Country Fact Sheets
Alcohol and NCDs – Harm and Solutions: Factsheet
Fact Sheet: Alcohol and Cancer
Drinking alcohol is a risk factor contributing to seven types of cancer.
The more alcohol you drink, the greater the risk of developing cancer.
This fact sheet, developed by Alcohol Change UK, explains how high these risks are, which...
Fact Sheet: Alcohol and the Brain
Alcohol Change UK have released a fact sheet highlighting the various ways alcohol can affect the health of your brain as well as changes you can make in order to take care of this vital organ.
Infographic: Drugged Driving
Driving under the influence of any drug that acts on the brain can impair one's motor skills, reaction time, and judgment, making drugged driving a serious public health and safety concern.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse have...
Communication Toolkit to Promote Low Risk Alcohol Drinking
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction has released the revised Low Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines Communication Toolkit to promote healthy attitude towards alcohol consumption. The guidelines, which are particularly geared...
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