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Strategy for Preventing Opioid Use Disorder in Communities
Key Issues
- Substance use often begins in adolescence.
- Any substance use in adolescence can have detrimental effects on the developing brain.
- Effects of substance use/misuse accumulate over time increasing societal costs and public...
Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School Health approach
The Public Health Agency of Canada developed The Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School Approach with a policy paper.
These new resources for preventing substance-related...
Making the European Region Safer: developments in alcohol control policies, 2010–2019 (2021)
This report presents the current status of alcohol consumption, alcohol-attributable harms and the implementation of alcohol control policies in the WHO European Region, using available data from 2010, 2016 and 2019.
A detailed overview...
Nudge Theory and Alcohol Policy: How Nudge Might Shape Drinking
Summary
- Nudge theory aims to understand human decision making in order to optimise the outcomes from choices for decision makers. The theory has become increasingly popular amongst public health policymakers in recent years
- The use of...
‘It’s everywhere’ – alcohol’s public face and private harm
The Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) is supporting the Commission on Alcohol Harm: An Inquiry into the Effects of Alcohol on Society.
The Commission was established to examine the current evidence on alcohol harm, recent trends in...
د نشه یی توکو نړیوال رپوټ 2020
په شپږو جلا جلا کتابچو کې وړاندې شوی ، د نشه یی توکو نړیوال راپور 2020 د یو شمېر ژمنو په اړه د عملیاتو د سپارښتنو په عملی کولو کې د نړیوالې ټولنې د ملاتړ لپاره د معلوماتو او شننو یوه شتمنی وړاندې کوی ، په دې کې د نشه یی توکو د نړۍ د ستونزې...
په اروپا کې د الکولو د لیبل کولو اوسنی تمرین
خلاصه
د WHO اروپایی سیمه په نړۍ کې د الکولو د سر په سر د مصرف لوړه کچه لری، خو د الکولو لیبلنګ، د WHO سپارښتنه شوې عمل چې د مصرفوونکو معلومات د موادو ، د تغدې د ارزښتونو او د الکولو د زیانونو په اړه وړاندې کوی ، دا ضروری نه ده.
دا...
COVID-19 and People Who Use Drugs
The situation regarding responses to the COVID-19 outbreak is rapidly evolving.
People who use drugs face the same risks as those of the general population and therefore need to be aware of the appropriate advice to reduce their risk of...
Alcohol, Pregnancy and Infant Health – A Shared Responsibility
"Of all the lifestyle choices we make in conjunction with pregnancy, none are of greater importance to the child’s future health and development than the ones we make in relation to alcohol."
Alcohol, pregnancy and infant health – a...
Handbook on Quality Standards for Interventions Aimed at Drug Experienced Young People in Contact with Criminal Justice Systems
Executive Summary
As one of the objectives of the European Health Programme project “Exchanging Prevention practices on Polydrug use among youth in Criminal justice systems” (EPPIC), the present handbook of quality standards was produced...
د ان سی ډی په اړه د تشې رشوت : د ګلوبل وعدې څخه تر سیمه ایز پرمختګ پورې
د ناواکه ناروغیو ( NCDs ) د نړۍ د ستر وژونکی او د معلولیت لامل په توګه پېژندل کېږی ، چې د روغتیا نړیوال بحران جوړوی چې یو عاجل سیاست ځواب ته اړتیا لری. دا د نړۍ د مشرانو له خوا د ملګرو ملتونو د عالی کچې په دریو غونډو کې چې د ان سی ډی په اړه...
Revista Internacional de Investigación en Adicciones
La Revista Internacional de Investigación en Adicciones ( RIIAD ) , editada por Centros de Integración Juvenil A . C . , tiene el propósito de desarrollar una plataforma para la publicación semestral bilingüe (espanol e inglés) de hallazgos...
Evaluating the Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on Sales-Based Consumption in Scotland
The rise in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms in the UK in recent decades has gone hand in hand with the increasing affordability of alcoholic beverages.
Minimum Unit Pricing (setting a minimum price below which a unit of...
Policy Brief: Alcohol Taxation and Pricing Policies in the Region of the Americas
The need to reduce alcohol-related harms has been recognized by the 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol (adopted by the Sixty-third World Health Assembly), the United Nations Sustainable...
WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use 2000-2025
Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers. WHO has estimated that tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) is currently responsible for the death of about six million people across...
Minimum Unit Pricing
One way to deter people from consuming excessive and harmful amounts of alcohol is through alcohol pricing policies. One such policy is the Minimum Unit Pricing.
Several countries, including Scotland, Canada, certain states of the USA...
د ماشومتوب ناوړه تجربې ( ACEs ) - د شواهدو څرګندونه
دلته یو مطبوعاتی اړتیا ده چې زموږ په ټولنه کې د ماشومانو د ښه والی ساتنه وکړی.
د ماشومتوب ناوړه تجربې (ای سی ای) ډیر فشار لرونکی پیښې یا حالات دی چې د ماشومتوب او یا د ماشومتوب په دوران کې پیښیږی.
دلته ښکاره شواهد شتون لری چې د ای سی...
Rights, Respect and Recovery: Action Plan
In 2018, the Scottish Government released the Rights, Respect and Recovery: Scotland's Alcohol and Drug Treatment Strategy.
Scotland's first drugs strategy for a decade focuses on treating the issue as a public health concern rather than...
One in Three: Adfam’s Manifesto for 2020 and beyond
Following the concerning findings that one in three adults in Great Britain have been negatively affected by the substance use of someone we know, Adfam has launched their 2020 manifesto.
Adfam's five asks are:
- Make funding available...
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