Epidemiology and Etiology
The Prevalence and Context of Alcohol Use among Youth Living in Uganda
There is extensive research highlighting the negative short term and long term impact of alcohol use. Although there is a vast amount of research investigating alcohol use among youth in high-income countries; there is a lack of research on...
Tobacco Use among Older Adults in Egypt
Tobacco use is the primary risk factor common to the four main groups of non-communicable diseases— cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung disease and diabetes (NCD Alliance). Figures gathered from the Egypt Global Adult Tobacco...
What Influences Pre-teens to Drink Alcohol?
Research has shown there to be a link between heavy drinking in youth and increased risky behaviour and reduced educational effectiveness. In order to understand the factors that are associated with binge drinking in adolescence and young...
Civil Society Webinar on the 2020 World Drug Report
The Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC) and UNODC's civil society team organized a series of webinars to present and discuss the 2020 World Drug Report. The series includes webinars in English, French, Russian and Spanish. The French...
National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2019
Summary Tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use can place a heavy burden on individuals, families and society. The health, social and economic effects are diverse and substantial, and include disease and injury, mental health conditions, road...
Call for Speakers: Webinars on the World Drug Report 2020
The VNGOC together with the UNODC Civil Society Team will be holding a series of webinars to present and discuss the World Drug Report 2020, which was launched on 26th June. We are looking for civil society speakers wishing to present at...
CND Special Event
The 63rd CND will hold a Special Virtual Event commemorating the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking including the Launch of the World Drug Report 2020 and followed by a discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on the world drug situation.
Friday, 26 June 2020, 2:00 p.m. CEST (Vienna)
Trends and characteristics in MDMA deaths in Australia 2000-2018
The seminar will provide information on deaths related to MDMA in Australia during a period when MDMA markets have undergone substantial changes, with increasing manufacture of high purity MDMA.
Among the 392 deaths identified, the individuals’ characteristics and the circumstances of death will be described.
EMCDDA webinar: COVID-19 and patterns of drugs use
This is the fourth EMCDDA webinar on the coronavirus and will be based on a recent Trendspotter exercise on drug use.
A conversation with:
Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 period: May 2020
The aim of this paper is to analyse changes in alcohol consumption since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. We show that the frequency of alcohol consumption during COVID-19 is slightly higher for males than it was 2-3 years previously...