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The laws, regulations, strategies, and governance frameworks that guide how governments and institutions address substance use, substance use disorders, and illicit drug trafficking. These policies shape coordinated responses across prevention, treatment, recovery support, public health, regulatory control, and law enforcement. Effective substance use policies aim to reduce health and social harms, ensure access to prevention and treatment services, regulate controlled substances, and disrupt illicit drug markets. They are typically informed by scientific evidence, public health principles, and cross-sector collaboration to promote safer and healthier communities.
Call for Speakers for the CND High-Level Segment in March 2024
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will hold on 14-15 March 2024 a High Level Segment to conduct the 2024 Mid-Term Review. The Review will focus on taking stock of the implementation of all existing international drug policy commitments...
Stigmatizing imagery for substance use disorders: a qualitative exploration
This study used qualitative methods to identify stigmatizing and non-stigmatizing imagery for SUD and explore the reactions of people with lived experience with SUD to SUD-related imagery. We conducted focus groups and brief semi-structured qualitative interviews with 14 individuals in recovery from a range of SUD.
La pericia psicológica y su valoración en la imposición de sanciones penales en casos con consumo de sustancias psicoactivas
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Around the world, using drugs is connected to both the legal system and the health system. Studies suggest a link between drug use and crime, but they say it's not a direct cause. In many countries, the legal system is overwhelmed...
Policy brief – how supervised consumption sites can save lives and improve local communities
At the 10th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, held in Glasgow, Scotland, international policymakers gathered to discuss the global overdose crisis and the role that supervised consumption sites can play in...
Cost of Substance Use on the Economic Productivity of Canadians – Findings at a Glance
In 2020, the Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms (CSUCH) data reported that substance use resulted in a loss of $22.4 billion in productivity. This represents 45.6% of the overall cost and harms of substance use, which amounted to $49.1...
Analysis of the Impact of Consumption Taxes on the Development of Alcohol Addiction in Selected OECD Countries and Slovakia
INTRODUCTION: In recent years, the governments of several countries around the world have focused on consumption taxes, which they use from two important points of view – the first point of view is the state budget, where through the...
Addictology
Issue 2/2023
ISRAEL POLICE: Fentanyl Distribution Cases
Attached: an article written by Superintendent Ilan Malka of ISRAEL POLICE on the subject of Fentanyl Distribution Cases published in WCO RILO WE INFO magazine - June 2023 edition.
Pouring over public opinion: Alcohol Policies in the UK
In the UK, alcohol presents an urgent and growing problem: 70 people die due to alcohol every day. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated this crisis, with alcohol-specific deaths having increased by 27% between 2019 and 2021, reaching...
Nova regra na Nova Zelândia exige advertência em todo o álcool embalado
Uma nova regra exigirá que todo o álcool embalado que está sendo vendido tenha advertências no rótulo sobre os danos que pode causar aos bebês por nascer.
A agência de segurança alimentar diz que a medida é apoiada por conselhos de médicos...
Introduction to Forensic Substance Use Evaluation
ISSUP and the National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE) are pleased to present their collaborative Webinar on conducting a Quality Forensic Substance Use Evaluations.
Nova coalizão global é lançada para enfrentar ameaças de drogas sintéticas
Em 7 de julho de 2023, o secretário de Estado dos EUA, Antony Blinken, organizou uma reunião virtual de nível ministerial para lançar uma Coalizão Global para enfrentar as ameaças às drogas sintéticas.
World Drug Report 2023
For the first time since its conception, this year the World Drug Report consists of two products, a web-based element and a set of booklets.
Legislação sobre a cannabis na Europa: perguntas e respostas para a elaboração de políticas
Introdução
Esta publicação responde a algumas das perguntas mais frequentes levantadas nas discussões sobre a legislação sobre a cannabis. Embora o foco principal seja o uso de cannabis para fins recreativos, a legislação relevante para...
How have governments communicated UK alcohol duty policy changes?
Pricing, including taxation, is a key tool to address harm from alcohol and is identified by the World Health Organization as a ‘best buy’ policy (meaning it is both effective in reducing harm and cost-effective). However alcohol was 72%...
Journée mondiale de la drogue au Togo
Dans le cadre de la célébration du 26 juin ..
L'ONG RAPAA..a effectué un passage dans l'émission télévisée la Poz de la TVT avec la participation d'un membre du CNAD
Hier 26 juin l'ONG RAPAA a aussi animé une emission en langue Ewe avec...
Support. Don't Punish International Day of Action
A global advocacy campaign calling for drug policies based on health and human rights.
Support. Don’t Punish is a global grassroots-centred initiative in support of harm reduction and drug policies that prioritise public health and human...
A Implementação de Padrões de Qualidade (QS) na Comunidade Terapêutica Coolmine
CONTEXTO: A implementação de padrões de qualidade pela Coolmine envolve um período de gestão de mudanças, planejamento estratégico e desenvolvimento de políticas nacionais.
MÉTODOS: Estudo de caso narrativo com foco na política nacional e...
Addictology
Issue 1/2023
National Implementation of Quality Standards in Prevention and Treatment Services for Substance Use/ Addictions – A Case Study of Cyprus
INTRODUCTION: The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) is the main coordinating body for all matters related to licit and illicit substances as well as pathological gambling in Cyprus and it is responsible, inter alia, for the...
Addictology
Issue 1/2023
O Papel dos Agentes da Lei na Prevenção do Uso de Drogas em Ambientes Escolares: Um Documento Orientador
No contexto da aplicação da lei, o UNODC desenvolveu um documento orientador para ajudar a apoiar uma mudança de cultura sobre como fazer uso da ciência da prevenção para a melhoria do desenvolvimento da saúde e segurança dos jovens.
O...
Repositório de Informações do Comité de Peritos da OMS para a Toxicodependência (ECDD)
Na quinta-feira, 1º de junho, a OMS lançou o Repositório de Informações do Comitê de Especialistas em Dependência de Drogas (ECDD), que fornece aos profissionais de saúde e especialistas em políticas de drogas um único banco de dados pesquisável para acessar livremente todos os relatórios técnicos sobre mais de 450 substâncias revisadas pelo ECDD.
