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The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) highlights the strong link between drug use and criminal behavior, recognizing addiction as a disease requiring public health and safety interventions. The administration aims to break the cycle of drug use and crime through innovative, evidence-based approaches. These include smart probation strategies, like Hawaii's HOPE program and South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Project, which emphasize swift and certain sanctions for violations, reducing recidivism and saving costs. Drug courts, which combine treatment with judicial oversight, have shown success in reducing substance use and criminal activity. The administration supports expanding these programs to improve public safety and health outcomes while reducing correctional costs.

Alternatives to incarceration (ATIs) are mainly designed for offenders whose criminal behavior is driven by an underlying substance abuse disorder. This behavior can include not only crimes related to substance use (e.g., possession) but...

The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC), with the support of the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) and in collaboration with ECPAT International, invites you...

 

 

 

 

 

This project is dedicated to promoting evidence-based prevention of alcohol and drug abuse. It serves as a valuable resource for professionals and policy-makers, offering carefully selected, high-quality information. In...

 

 

 

The "Green List Prevention" in Germany encompasses a rich array of programmes aimed at preventing various behavioural issues among children and young individuals, including violence, crime, and addictive behaviours. These...

 

 

 

 

 

The Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development is a valuable resource that offers a comprehensive registry of scientifically validated and scalable interventions. The programme's mission is to prevent antisocial behaviour and...

 

 

 

 

Xchange is an online registry dedicated to evidence-based prevention programmes, offering a wide array of thoroughly evaluated interventions. It serves as a valuable resource for implementers seeking effective strategies to...

Stories about substance use and addiction can be among the thorniest that health and science reporters encounter. This topic carries a long history of marginalizing the people most directly affected. In addition, deeply ingrained societal misconceptions about substance use make it difficult to separate fact from fiction

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Cocaine is the hydrochloride salt produced from the leaves of the coca plant. Powder cocaine is typically snorted and less frequently injected. Crack is a smokable form of cocaine and is manufactured from cocaine hydrochloride.

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The ADF Interactive Drug Wheel classifies drugs as part of seven general categories: Stimulants, Depressants, Cannabinoids, Psychedelics, Opioids, Dissociatives and Empathogens. Find out about the effects of drugs and more information about...

App sobre prevención! El juego OSFE Prevent ya se puede descargar desde las tiendas Play y Apple.

Junte-se a nós no podcast "Caminhos para a Prevenção" da Drug Free America Foundation enquanto envolvemos partes interessadas de todo o espectro de redução da demanda de drogas, incluindo governo, academia, clero, prevencionistas...

In the latest episode of the Addictions Edited podcast, Rob Calder talks to Dr Maike Klein from the University of Bath about her qualitative research into relapse.

They discuss how relapse can be perceived as part of recovery or...

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Este curso on-line apresenta a ciência da recuperação do vício e analisa as evidências sobre os caminhos de recuperação na Europa.

A Recovery Pathways tem um foco particular nas diferenças de gênero em como as pessoas se recuperam e o que...

O UNODC reuniu resumos do trabalho que está fazendo em relação ao uso de drogas e ao HIV.

Aqui, você pode descobrir mais sobre o trabalho que o UNODC tem feito em relação a

• uso de drogas e HIV
• prisões e HIV
• O HIV e os objetivos de...

No âmbito do Dia Internacional contra o Abuso e o Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas, várias atividades ocorreram, incluindo a publicação do Relatório Mundial sobre Drogas elaborado pelo Escritório das Nações Unidas sobre Drogas e Crime (UNODC).

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