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The activities of authorised agencies such as police, customs, border services, and investigative bodies to enforce drug control laws and address criminal activities related to the production, trafficking, and distribution of illicit substances. These activities may include investigations, intelligence gathering, interdiction, and collaboration with national and international partners to disrupt organised crime networks. Law enforcement plays an important role in protecting public safety and maintaining the rule of law, and is most effective when coordinated with broader public health, prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts as part of a balanced and comprehensive response to substance use.
War - psychological skills for surviving and coping with traumatic events: first aid for children
ISSUP Ukraine and ITTC-Ukraine welcome you to a joint initiative dedicated to the ongoing war and the horrific events that resulted from Russian's attack on Ukraine.
Reducing the harm from alcohol by regulating cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotion
This comprehensive report details the full extent of the way that alcohol is being marketed across national borders – often by digital means – and often regardless of the social, economic or cultural environment in receiving countries.
It...
Structural violence and the need for compassionate use of methadone in Mexico
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Background
Epidemiological data from Mexico have documented an increase in heroin use in the last decade. However, there is no comprehensive care strategy for heroin users, especially those who have been accused of a crime. The...
Prisons and drugs: health and social responses
This miniguide is one of a larger set, which together comprise Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide. It provides an overview of what to consider when planning or delivering health and social responses to drug...
Training on Universal Prevention Core Course (UPC - Core Course) for Prevention Professionals
In order to appropriately address the concerning global levels of substance Abuse Management and substance Prevention, it is vital that staffs are trained to deliver evidence-based Prevention intervention.
At the start of March 2022, the...
Introduction of new methods and tools for drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment discussed in Kazakhstan
On April 15, 2022, the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia in collaboration with the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health held a “National Round Table Discussion on the application of new methods and tools of drug...
UNODC Training for Albanian Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention, Treatment and Care of Drug Use Disorders
UNODC organized a training for 19 Albanian policymakers on the Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders from 12-14 April 2022 in Tirana, Albania. Participants from the Ministries of Health and Social Protection, Education...
Introduction of new methods and tools for drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment discussed in Tajikistan
On 8 April 2022 UNODC conducted a national round table meeting on the introduction of new methods and tools for drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
The event brought together some 20 experts from the...
National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment in Uzbekistan
On 25 March 2022 the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia held a National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders’ diagnostics and treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The meeting was attended by...
New European mini guides on responding to drug use in specific settings by EMCDDA
Focusing treatments on specific settings where problems may develop is an important approach to implementing health and social responses to drug problems. As a result, the EMCDDA's Health and social solutions to drug problems: a European...
UNODC Trains Team of National Trainers from Central Asia within the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders
The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia supported a training of trainers (ToT) on Course 13 – “Contingency Management: A Reinforcement Based Treatment” and “Course 18 – “Clinical Supervision” which took place in person in Bishkek...
ISSUP The Gambia Launch
ISSUP The Gambia would are pleased to present their launch event followed by a webinar on Community Resilience in Substance Use.
Join us at the COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS this week!
Dear friends and colleagues,
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs is starting very soon! In fact, tomorrow, Monday, 14 March 2022.
Once again, all sessions, as well as the side events, are to be held online due to the pandemic. The good...
Sex Trafficking and Substance Use Identifying High-Priority Needs Within the Criminal Justice System
Substance use disorder (SUD) is common among victims of sex trafficking. Traffickers may exploit individuals' existing opioid use or other SUDs to coerce them into sex trafficking, or they may facilitate substance use to keep trafficking...
Law Enforcement in Prevention Programming
An APSI Prevention Talk on how to appropriately engage law enforcement in the implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies, with specific reference to the prevention of substance use.
Risks and Harms Associated with the Nonmedical Use of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply in Canada
Summary
Substance use risks are significantly higher for people who obtain drugs on the unregulated market as there is no quality control and drug contents are unpredictable. This lack of predictability has increased during the COVID-19...
Addiction Conference 2021 Report
The ADDICTION 2021 ONLINE CONFERENCE, conducted from July 21 to 23, 2021, was the largest centrally controlled addiction treatment effort on the African continent. Thanks to the exceptional material and conversations, as well as the technological breakthroughs demonstrated by our usage of an exciting new online platform, the conference was described as world-class, ground-breaking, and inventive.
UNODC promotes International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders in Central Asia
13-14 December 2021 UNODC/WHO Regional Workshop on the International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (DUD) was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in hybrid format. 25 policymakers from Central Asia and high-level officials from...
UNODC Supports the Launch of ISSUP Indonesia Chapter
Indonesia has been promoting science-based and ethical services to improve the health, well-being and recovery of affected individuals with drug use disorders and increase public safety to all drug use disorders treatment providers both at...
Trends in Buprenorphine Use in US Jails and Prisons From 2016 to 2021
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In the US, buprenorphine use...