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Moving Beyond 'People First' Language- A Glossary of Contested Terms in Substance Use
Language is powerful in shaping view and opinions about groups of people.
By changing the way we discuss substance use issues, we can start to reverse harmful stereotypes about addiction.
Drug use is heavily stigmastised. People who use...
MCA Alcohol & Covid Webinar 11 November 2020
The MCA Alcohol and Covid Free Webinar took place at 12.30pm on Wednesday 11 November 2020 in the UK.
The next MCA Annual Symposium is on the theme of 'Interventions & Recovery' on 17 November 2021 at the British Medical Association...
Reitox National Focal Points’ Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Reitox is the European information network on drugs and drug addiction created at the same time as the EMCDDA.
Members of the Reitox network are designated national institutions or agencies responsible for data collection and reporting on...
State of the Nation
The third edition of NZ Drug Foundation annual report on how New Zealand is dealing with alcohol and other drugs was published in December 2020.
The aim of State of the Nation is to provide a backdrop against which we can assess the impact...
"International standards of treatment of disorders related to the use of narcotic substances"
"International standards of treatment of disorders related to the use of narcotic substances"
(hereinafter referred to as the Standards) is the result of joint work of the UNC and WHO aimed at providing support to member states in the...
El Impacto de las Drogas en el Lugar de Trabajo
Our recently released short video, The Impact of Drugs in the Workplace, is now available in Spanish!
El impacto ambiental de las drogas... Conozca la verdad.
Our recently released The Environmental Impact of Drugs... Know the Truth short animated video is now available in Spanish!
Factores Protectores
Our recently released Protective Factors video is now available in Spanish!
National trainer teams from Central Asia level up in the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders with support from UNODC
Online regional training for trainers (ToT) on Course 10 “Managing Medication-Assisted Treatment Programs” (30 November – 3 December 2020) of the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders (UTC training...
Alternativas a la Encarcelacion
Our new Alternatives to Incarceration short video is now available in Spanish!
LISTEN FIRST – Ouvir é o primeiro passo para a prevenção
Visão global
'Listen First’ (Ouça primeiro) é uma iniciativa para aumentar o apoio à prevenção do uso de drogas que se baseia na ciência e é, portanto, um investimento eficaz no bem-estar de crianças e jovens, suas famílias e suas...
England’s Health Care Gatekeeper Endorses Mutual Aid. Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell E4
ENGLAND’S HEALTH CARE GATEKEEPER ENDORSES MUTUAL AID
Taking a leap away from its comfort zone, England’s gatekeeper to the public provision of health and social care embraced non-professional and unregulated interventions in the form of...
WHO Launches Year-long Campaign to Help 100 Million People Quit Tobacco
The World Health Organisation has launched a year long campaign to help people quit their tobacco use.
As part of the campaign “Commit to Quit" the WHO have announced a new Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and have published “More than 100...
In Quito, Ecuador, we see how to address the comprehensive prevention of addiction
On December 2, 2020, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ecuador, participated in the 'First Meeting of Experts in Prevention of Integral Addiction' organized by the Metropolitan Health Secretariat, through the Comprehensive...
UNODC helps protect front-line staff at HIV treatment and prevention facilities in Uzbekistan during COVID-19
As covid-19 becomes the "new reality" and the number of positive cases, although not as high as the last, we must remain vigilant, especially when it comes to those who are most vulnerable to possible negative consequences.
The statement...
UNODC helps to protect the frontline staff of drug treatment and HIV prevention facilities in Uzbekistan during COVID-19
As COVID-19 becomes a “new norm” and the number of positive cases is not as high as it used to be, we still need to stay alert especially when it comes to those who are the most vulnerable to the possible negative consequences.
The...
UN Commission Reclassifies Cannabis
As part of the 63rd CND session, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) took a number of decisions leading to changes in the way cannabis is internationally regulated.
One of the key decisions included its reclassification out of the...