Prevention

Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use. 

5th International Conference on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)

Event Date
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Vienna
Austria

The 5th International Conference on Novel Psychoactive Substances will be held from 23 to 24 October 2017 at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria. The conference is jointly organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), University of Hertfordshire and Sapienza University of Rome.

ISSUP Mexico 2017

News
At the beginning of April ISSUP’s Deputy Executive Director, Joanna Travis-Roberts, headed to Cancún, Mexico to plan for this year’s Annual ISSUP Workshop.

Characteristics of Fentanyl Overdose — Massachusetts, 2014–2016

Scientific article
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Summary What is already known about this topic? Fentanyl has a growing presence in the illicit drug market and is involved in an increasing proportion of opioid overdose deaths. What is added by this report? Approximately two thirds of...