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Source: https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/53730/OPSEIHIS210004_spa.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

The digitization of health services represents important cultural changes for both health personnel and the general population...

The 64th Session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) took place in Vienna, Austria, from April 12 to 16, 2021.

The CND meets annually and is the main drug policy-making body in the United Nations (UN) system...

KYDA presented a poster on family therapy interventions taking place at their centre during the second Uganda Alcohol Policy Conference. Family therapy is a collection of therapeutic approaches that share a belief in family-level assessment...

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Naji, L., Rosic, T., Sanger, N., Dennis, B., Worster, A., Paul, J., ... & Samaan, Z. (2020). The Role of Cannabis Use in Suicidal Ideation Among Patients With Opioid Use Disorder. Journal of addiction medicine.

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Background: The impact of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels on the evolution of chronic HCV infection-related liver damage is controversial. Heavy alcohol use is believed to have a deleterious impact on the course of HCV disease...

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Telehealth has become an increasingly important part of health care delivery, with a dramatic rise in telehealth visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth visits will continue to be a part of care delivery after the...

Source: https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/53614/PAHOEIHISCOVID-19210008_eng.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y

This tool is designed for rapid assessment of health and health-related institutions and evaluates their capacity to...

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The project for the development and implementation of a proposal for the "Comprehensive Approach to Concurrency Between Substance Use Disorders and Other Mental and Behavioral Disorders, in Latin American countries", it is...

https://www.paho.org/es/node/71498

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Face-to-face meetings are key components of Twelve Step (TS) fellowships’ support of members’ abstinence. Home confinement during COVID-19 made this less feasible. Our objective was to ascertain whether a transition...

The findings of this cohort study are consistent with those of a study of cannabis products purchased in California and Washington, in which more than one-half of products were incorrectly labeled. These findings indicate that adults using...

Abstract: Young adults exhibit greater sensitivity than adults to nicotine reinforcement, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) increases the risk for early-onset smoking. We investigated the correlation between ADHD Self...

CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUNSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROFESSIONALS

The Shelter Youth and Community Network (The Shelter NGO), approved Training Provider for the Colombo Plan Drug  Advisory Programme (DAP) conducted her maiden training on the...

NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals invites you to submit a proposal to present a virtual poster at its 2021 Annual Conference, which will be held virtually from October 28-30, 2021.

NAADAC members and non-members are i...

Over 87,000 Americans have died of drug overdoses over a 12 month period ending in September 2020.

Without question, there is a link between the increased numbers of people dying from drug overdoses and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fear, stress...

ICUDDR are pleased to announce that they are now opening applications for the second group of ICUDDR/ISAJE Learning Collaborative participants.  ICUDDR and ISAJE began hosts this Learning Collaborative using the Publishing Addiction Science...