Launch of the UNODC Strategic Response to the Opioids Crisis
Monday, 25 June 2018, 2:00 p.m.
Board Room D, Vienna International Centre
UNODC
Early Warning at the Global Level: The UNODC Early Warning Advisory on NPS
Presenters:
Conor Crean, Scientific Affairs Officer, Laboratory and Scientific Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Martin Raithelhuber, Illicit Synthetic Drugs Expert, Laboratory and Scientific Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Fentanyl and its Analogues - 50 years on
ABSTRACT Fentanyl and its analogues are potent synthetic opioids, which are liable to abuse. They are often sold under the guise of heroin or prescription medicines, such as oxycodone, and this exacerbates the risk of overdose and...
Terminology and Information on Drugs
PREFACE The UNODC publication Terminology and Information on Drugs introduces basic concepts and materials on substances under international control, which are most frequently manufactured or processed and/or abused, as well as definitions...
Paris Pact Initiative - A Partnership to Combat Illicit Traffic in Opiates Originating in Afghanistan
Since its inception in 2003, the broad international coalition known as the Paris Pact Initiative (PPI), made up today of 58 partner countries and 22 organizations, including UNODC, has evolved into one of the most important frameworks for...
International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders
Drug use disorders are a serious global health problem. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that 246 million people, or one in twenty 15- to 64-year-olds, used an illegal drug in 2013. Of those who use, one in ten...
ICCE Mission to Vietnam
On 26 July 2016, Mr. Nguyen Trong Dam, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Labor-Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) met with Mr. Tay Bian How, Director of the Colombo Plan International Centre for Credentialing and Education of Addiction Professional (ICCE) to discuss possible collaboration in professionalising the Vietnamese addiction workforce.
