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World Drug Report 2022
Costs of an Alcohol Measurement Intervention in Three Latin American Countries
Abstract
Alcohol measurement in health care settings is an effective intervention for reducing alcohol-related harm. However, in many countries, costs related to alcohol measurement have not yet been transparently assessed, which may...
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Webinar Series
Various NPS have significantly changed the picture of drug use in different countries. They are now very prominent in the drug market. Indeed, many of these substances are intended to circumvent drug laws and are sold as ‘legal’...
The prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in prison populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS): Black market and policy of new psychoactive substances in the Asia region
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Novel Psychoactive Substances: Policy, Economics and Drug Regulation
In light of the recent emergence of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) on a global scale, this book provides a timely analysis of the social and economic impact of the NPS phenomenon, and of the global policy and regulatory responses to it...
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health is a new international journal devoted to the rapid publication of authoritative papers on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), Addiction and associated health phenomena.
The Journal has a...
New psychoactive substances: A review and updates
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a diverse group of substances that are linked with a number of health and social harms on an individual and societal level. NPS toxicity and dependence syndromes are recognised in primary care...
UNODC Early Warning Advisory on New Psychoactive Substances
The rapid emergence of a large number of New Psychoactive Substances on the global drug market poses a significant risk to public health and a challenge to drug policy. Often, little is known about the adverse health effects and social...
From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives
Executive summary
The 10-year UK Government plan to combat illegal drugs sets out how we are doing more than ever to cut off the supply of drugs by criminal gangs and give people with a drug addiction a route to a productive and drug...
ناقانونه مهاجرت او د مخدره توکو قاچاق: په نایجریا کې د پیژندل شویو ښځینه مهاجرو ترمنځ د خپریدو ارزونه - ډینیل انینا مولوب، څلورمه ورځ، 15:30-16:57
د نړیوالې ټولنې د یووالی د یوې برخې په توګه وړاندې شوی ترڅو د روږدی پیښې ننګونې سره مخ شی ، انلاین د می په 15 ، 2022 کې
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- د ناقانونه مهاجرت او مخدره توکو قاچاق: په نایجریا کې د پیژندل شویو ښځینه مهاجرو ترمنځ د پراخوالی ارزونه...
The Hidden Costs of Big Tobacco
The devastating impact of tobacco on the health of users is well known. In addition to the negative effects for the individual, there are significant economic and environmental consequences, which need to be considered when developing...
Drug Policy, Day 3, Track 2, 13:30-15:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 14th May, 2022
Presentations:
- ETHOS: the small word that defines us - Phaedon Kaloterakis
- How investing in advocacy can...
ATI - Alternatives to Incarceration Systems: Treatment Interventions for Persons with Substance Use Disorders Who are in Contact with the Criminal Justice System, Day 2, Track 3, 09:00-10:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 13th May, 2022
Presentations:
- Overview of Interception Model for Alternatives to Incarceration - Melody Heaps
- Providing...
Drug Policy, Day 1, Track 1, 11:00-12:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th of May,2022
Presentations:
- Advocacy! Making Your Voice Known for Drug Demand Reduction - US. Senator Mattie Hunter
- Dev...
WHA adopts Global Alcohol Action Plan
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...
Reducing the harm from alcohol by regulating cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotion
This comprehensive report details the full extent of the way that alcohol is being marketed across national borders – often by digital means – and often regardless of the social, economic or cultural environment in receiving countries.
I...
Tailoring dissemination of evidence to preferences of tobacco control partners: results from an academic-community partnership
Background
Tobacco control program leaders may improve the use of evidence in program and policy development by presenting evidence to policymakers more often. However, current scientific knowledge regarding what works is slow to reach...
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