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WHO-UNODC “Stop Overdose Safely (S-O-S)” initiative
Overdose is the leading cause of avoidable death among people who inject drugs.
The ‘Stop Overdose Safely’ is a joint initiative from UNODC and the World Health Organization (WHO) to address opioid overdose and provide life-saving...
Opioid overdose information page
Worldwide, about 500 000 deaths are attributable to drug use. More than 70% of these deaths are related to opioids, with more than 30% of those deaths caused by overdose.
This information page, put together by the World Health...
شناخت نیاز انسان به جامعه در درمان اعتیاد
در طول دو سال گذشته، در تلاش برای کاهش گسترش ویروس کرونا، کشورهای سراسر جهان طیف وسیعی از محدودیت ها و اقدامات دور اجتماعی را اعمال کرده اند. برای دانشمندان علوم اجتماعی و پزشکان، این امر منجر به بحث در مورد اهمیت ارتباط و آنچه اتفاق می...
The link between reducing pain medication, overdose and mental health crisis
In response to the concerning numbers of opioid-related deaths in the US, there has been a recent focus on opioid prescribing trends, which has shown an increase in opioid tapering among patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy. However...
Let’s Talk Overdose: The Hidden Pandemic and How to Stop It
In June 2021, the University of British Colombia Addictions and Concurrent Disorders Research Group hosted an online conference entitled Let’s Talk Overdose: The Hidden Pandemic and How to Stop It.
Here, you can find the conference...
Alcohol and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Institute of Alcohol Studies presents Seminar one in its four-part series on alcohol and sustainability. Seminar one looks at the impact of alcohol on the UN's SDGs and the opportunities for improved alcohol policy arising from the...
استفاده از مواد و محل کار: حمایت از کارفرمایان و کارکنان در معاملات
مرکز کانادا در مصرف مواد و اعتیاد با بهداشت کانادا برای تولید مصرف مواد و محل کار همکاری: حمایت از کارفرمایان و کارکنان در معاملات.
این مجموعه از منابع شامل لینک از بیش از 30 سازمان و می تواند توسط کارفرمایان و کارکنان مورد استفاده قرار...
Community-based prevention implementation system in Uganda
Uganda is one of the countries in East Africa with an outdated policy on substance use and abuse. The World Health Organization highlights Uganda as a country with hazardous drinking patterns due to the high prevalence of alcohol...
Building an effective community team and assessing community needs
In Uganda for any substance use prevention to yield positive outcomes, it should be backed by facts on community readiness. Interventions such as “Community That Care’’ (CTC) is one example of the evidence-based model that uses a proven...
Baseline executive functions and receiving cognitive rehabilitation can predict treatment response in people with opioid use disorder
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Background
Impaired cognitive functions, particularly executive function, predict poor treatment success in people with substance use disorders. The current study investigated the effect of receiving adjunct cognitive...
Seminario Adaptación del Modelo Islandés de Prevención del Consumo de Drogas: avances a tres años de su implementación
بررسی عوامل مؤثر بر تعامل و استفاده از درمان به کمک تنچر تري جمهوريخواهان برای اختلال استفاده از مواد مخدر: مطالعه ای کيفی در شهر تهران
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در پاسخ به بار بالای اختلال استفاده از مواد مخدر، ایران شبکه ای از مراکز درمان با مواد مخدر را تاسیس کرد که از سال 2002 آغاز شد. برای افزایش تنوع درمانی، به ویژه برای بیمارانی که از مواد مخدر به عنوان داروی انتخابی خود...
رویداد راه اندازی : بررسی مستقل خانم کارول بلک از مواد مخدر ، قسمت 2
Take-home naloxone
Opioid overdose deaths can be prevented through timely administration of naloxone, a potent opioid antagonist drug that rapidly reverses the effects of opioid analgesics by binding to the opioid receptors in the central nervous system.
Bec...
Alcohol Awareness Week 2021
Alcohol Awareness Week is a week of awareness-raising, campaigning for change, and more. This year's Alcohol Awareness Week takes place from 15-21 November 2021 on the theme of Alcohol and relationships.
Alcohol Awareness Week is...
UNODC launches new webpage to expand access to essential HIV health and social services
The UNODC Regional Programme Office for Eastern Europe (Kyiv, Ukraine), in cooperation with the Charitable Fund “Humanitarian Action” (Saint Petersburg, Russia), launches a new website on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) (https://nps-info...
Website on new psychoactive substances NPS-Info.org
The web resource is divided into five sections: "Substances", "Prevention", "Resources", "Practice" and "Get Help". The Resources section contains videos on HIV prevention among people who use stimulants/NPS. This section also includes...
The impact of COVID-19 on drug use and harm reduction programming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: a regional consultation of stakeholders and people who use drugs
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) was classified a pandemic on March 11, 2020, with early reports of the disease occurring in the Middle East and North African (MENA) area. On January 2021, the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional...
Opium tincture-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder: A systematic review
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Background: Some countries have used opioid agonist medications other than methadone and buprenorphine as a strategy to increase treatment diversity. In Iran and other countries where opium use is common and culturally tolerated...
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