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Thailand: Moving from punishment to treatment of people who use drugs
Pediatric Cannabis Poisoning Stakeholder Toolkit Cannabis
Recent research has revealed an increase in child hospitalisations resulting from accidental cannabis poisoning in various regions of Canada. Toddlers find cannabis edibles enticing due to their resemblance to common treats like candies...
New rule in New Zealand requires warning on all packaged alcohol
A new rule will require all packaged alcohol being sold to have warnings on the label about the harm it can cause to unborn babies.
The food safety agency says the move is supported by advice from doctors, midwives, the Ministry of...
Support. Don't Punish International Day of Action
A global advocacy campaign calling for drug policies based on health and human rights.
Support. Don’t Punish is a global grassroots-centred initiative in support of harm reduction and drug policies that prioritise public health and human...
Highlights from the 2023 UNODC World Drug Report
How alcohol consumption contributes to chronic pain
A team showed how both alcohol intake and alcohol withdrawal can lead to increased pain and hypersensitivity.
Chronic alcohol consumption may make people more sensitive to pain through two different molecular mechanisms -- one driven by...
National Drug Observatories from Latin American and Caribbean countries meet in Lisbon for ‘COPOLAD week’
National Drug Observatories (NDOs) from Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are gathering in Lisbon from 22–26 May for a week of activities under the COPOLAD III programme.
The overarching theme of the initiative will be...
Early exposure to cannabis and long-lasting consequences in the brain
£421 million to boost drug and alcohol treatment across England
It has been announced that local authorities across England will benefit from an extra £421 million government funding through to 2025 to improve drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery.
The extra funding will enable the...
Resilience in Leadership: Key Behaviors for Self-Care and Caring for Others
Call for Speakers: side event at the 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
The VNGOC together with NYNGOC and the UNODC Civil Society Unit is organizing an online side event in the margins of the 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum on 31 January 2023 at 8.30 AM. The event is titled: The central role of civil society in...
Cannabis and Adolescence
Community Mental Health Center Success in Prevention and Treatment of People Who Use Psychoactive Substances
ISSUP Peru invites you to participate in a webinar on community addiction prevention and control services.
The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 11:00 (Peru time)
This webinar analyzes the activity that promotes...
Registration opens for European Drugs Winter and Summer Schools 2023
The EMCDDA and the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) are delighted to open registration today for two upcoming joint events in 2023: the European Drugs Winter School (EDWS) and the European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) (1)(2).
EDW...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.
Learning Outcomes:
• Sensitization to the wide...
Kenya to include smoking cessation drugs as essential medicines
The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.
The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in...
Highlights from the 2022 UNODC World Drug Report: Implications for drug prevention, treatment and care responses
ISSUP presented a webinar on Thursday, July 7, 2022, featuring Giovanna Campello, Chief of the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) presenting highlights from the 2022...
Seminar on Role of Students against Drugs
Seminar on Role of Students against Drugs
GC University Lahore organized a special program on drugs, Major General Ghulam Shabbir Narejo DG ANF Pakistan was chief guest and Brig Rashid Minhas RD ANF Punjab was special guest. Principal Prof...
WHA adopts Global Alcohol Action Plan
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