This presentation gives a brief summary of the meaning of evidence-based prevention, what interventions consist of, and the scope they may have. The webinar includes a review of the learnings and outcomes that both prevention practice and...
Integrated Response of the General Secretariat to the crisis of COVID-19 Situation Room on The Protection of Personnel.
To continue to promote health and well-being among OAS staff, our colleagues from the Inter-American Commission on Drug...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has put together information on the potential implications of this pandemic on those who struggle with substance use disorder.
The social distancing that is required during this COVID-19 outbreak has...
Acorde con los avances científicos en materia de prevención del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas y ante la heterogeneidad observada en el diseño de intervenciones preventivas en nuestro país,Se hace indispensable el diseño de políticas...
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Better Knowledge for Better Care
Changing Substance Use...
Retention in substance use treatment is one of the strongest predictors of improved outcomes among adolescents, making retention an important goal of treatment. We examined treatment providers’ perspectives on barriers...
The 22nd National Week of Drug Policies will be held by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, in partnership with the...
New patterns of drug trafficking through Guinea Bissau as a result of COVID-19 are documented in this report covering the destabilizing factors of drug financing, trafficking, and political and military corruption.
Smoking and Coronavirus: a fatal combination
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease and death not only in the United States but also in Brazil. The current mortality perspective from cigarette use in developed and developing...
Webinar on good mental health care practices in the context of COVID-19.
The Society for the Promoting of Youth and Masses (SPYM) have released their latest newsletter.
In this edition, you can read about the following successful initiaitves that SPYM have set up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic:
Provision...
DID PAYMENT-BY-RESULTS REALLY MAKE THINGS WORSE?
Payment-by-results was the UK government’s favoured commissioning mechanism for improving the performance of substance use treatment services - but according to their own yardstick of...
Following the successful feasibility study in Indonesia on family therapy for youths with drug use disorders, Vietnam is the second country that rolls out a similar study as a way to offer more evidence-based, effective treatment...
This webinar is the first in a series called “Supporting People With Addiction During COVID-19”, hosted by the National Academy of Medicine and the American Society for Addiction Medicine.
Matej Kosir, Director, the Utrip Research and Development Institute (UTRIP) discusses how to successfully advocate for new university programming on drug demand reduction.
En este seminario, el Sr. Morlachetti discutirá el papel de las normas y estandares de derechos humanos en la regulación y restricción de la comercialización de las bebidas alcoholicas. Además, irá discutir las obligaciones de los Estados...
