substance use

Alcohol Occasionals - Greenspace programmes for problem substance use

15 June 2021

Online

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) warmly invite you to join us online on Tuesday 15 June from 12:30-14:00 BST for our sixth and final SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals event of 2021.

ISSUP Lebanon Updates - Jan-Jun 2021

On February 2021, ISSUP Lebanon hosted its first webinar of the year entitled, ‘Prevention of Drug Use and Other Risky Behaviours in Youth: From Evidence to Policy and Programs’, with Lilian Ghandour, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the American University of Beirut on substance use epidemiology and evidence-based prevention programs.

Rebuild and Recover: Reducing alcohol harm and remaking connections in the post-pandemic world

22 September 2021

Online

United Kingdom

Alcohol Change UK’s 2021 online conference

Drug Experienced Young People in Contact with the Criminal Justice System.

Scientific article

The journal Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy has published a special edition focussing on Drug experienced young people in contact with the Criminal Justice System. The collection of papers examines young peoples' experiences of...

Digital Mental Health and Addiction Interventions for Adolescents, Young Adults, and Families

15 April 2021

Washington DC

United States

Live transmission: https://amersa.org/resources/tay-webinar-series/

Substance Use and the Criminal Justice System Reading List

Reading List

Here is a range of resources that discuss ways to support people with substance use issues who are in contact with the justice system.

Double Bill on Drug Treatment and Care, Including as Alternatives

14 April 2021

Online

Wednesday, 14 April 2021 13:10 – 15:00 CET - Combined events on the UNODC-WHO Programme on Drug Dependence

Evidence Review of Drug Treatment Services for People who are Homeless and Use Drugs

Book

30 March 2021

People who are homeless have complex and challenging lives. They tend to have worse physical and mental health than the general population. Substance use is more prevalent among people who are homeless than in the general population, and...

A Delphi yarn: applying Indigenous knowledges to enhance the cultural utility of SMART Recovery Australia

Scientific article

28 January 2021

Background: Mutual support groups are a popular treatment for substance use and other addictive behaviours. However, little is known about the cultural utility of these programmes for Indigenous peoples. Methods: A three-round Delphi study...

A multi-methods yarn about SMART Recovery: First insights from Australian Aboriginal facilitators and group members

Scientific article

28 January 2021

SMART Recovery is a popular mutual support group program. Little is known about its suitability or perceived helpfulness for Indigenous peoples. This study explored the cultural utility of SMART Recovery in an Australian Aboriginal context...