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Demystifying Medicine — Fentanyl and Other Drug Addictions: Progress and Challenges
Time: 4PM Eastern Time
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Substances
Spanish University Postgraduate Training on Addictions: The Historic Development and its Current Situation
BACKGROUND: Drug dependence is a public health problem that requires trained professionals to effectively address this issue. The aim of this study was to analyse postgraduate university training programs specialising in addictions in Spain...
Cognitive Deficits of People with Alcohol Dependence
INTRODUCTION: Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with a wide range of cognitive deficits observed in varying degrees among users. The aim of the research was to compare performance across different domains of cognition in a...
Call for Speakers: INCB Civil Society Hearing 2024
We are looking for civil society experts wishing to speak at this years INCB Civil Society Hearing Topic: “scenarios and possible responses to the rapid expansion of synthetic drug manufacture, trafficking, marketing and consumption”...
Strategies in Media and Social Media for Substance Use Prevention
ISSUP Lebanon presents a webinar on Strategies in Media and Social Media for Substance Use Prevention.
Strategies in Media and Social Media for Substance Use Prevention
ISSUP Lebanon would like to invite you to their upcoming Webinar on Strategies in Media and Social Media for Substance Use Prevention
Inhalants: What You Need to Know
Part 2 of the Pharmacology Webinar Series:
Join ICUDDR for the 2nd webinar on the Pharmacology Series, Inhalants: What We Need to Know on April 12, 7:30 – 8:45 AM (US Eastern Time).
Talking Point: Methamphetamines in pregnancy - clinical care to improve survival, engagement and attachment
Time: 1PM - 2PM AEST
In this webinar, Elvira will discuss the reasons that methamphetamine use in pregnancy is so concerning: the impact on pregnant physiology and the developing fetal brain; disruptions to perinatal attachment; and disruptions to executive functioning which disrupt health-affirming choices.
Stimulants: Understanding Use, Impact, and Responses Reading List
Stimulants are a class of drugs that act on the central nervous system, increasing alertness, energy, and attention while elevating mood. They achieve these effects by enhancing the activity of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and...
Cannabis Use Linked to Elevated Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Risk
Cannabis use may increase the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke independent of tobacco use, according to recent findings in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Compared with non-users, daily cannabis consumers had 25%...