World Assembly for Community Action on Alcohol
Description
Community action is one of ten action areas outlined in the WHO Global Alcohol Strategy, highlighting how important community involvement is for preventing and reducing alcohol harm.
Practice
Kenya introduces tax on alcohol advertising
A 15% tax on fees charged by television stations, print media, billboards, and radio stations for advertisements of alcohol products, gaming, and gambling has been proposed in the 2022/23 budget. Here you can read the news article...
Self-harm and alcohol use
About this event
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite you to join us online on Monday 23 May from 12.30-14.00 BST (UK time) for our third SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals event of 2022.
Alcohol Occasionals - Youth drinking in decline
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite you to join us online on Wednesday 20 April from 12.30-14.00 BST (UK time) for our second SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals event of 2022.
Dr Inge Kersbergen and Dr Laura Fenton will present "Youth drinking in decline: Implications for policy and practice".
IX International Conference on NPS
The conference aims to share knowledge and strengthen collaboration on NPS among multidisciplinary professionals at the international level.
New European mini guides on responding to drug use in specific settings by EMCDDA
Focusing treatments on specific settings where problems may develop is an important approach to implementing health and social responses to drug problems. As a result, the EMCDDA's Health and social solutions to drug problems: a European...
5th UK Implementation Science Research Conference
A multidisciplinary conference to improve health and care
Now in its fifth year, the 2022 conference will bring together online researchers, policymakers, clinicians, practitioners and service users from around the world.
European Commission adopts measures to control two harmful new drugs amidst health concerns and surge in supply
Today, the European Commission has adopted measures to control two harmful new psychoactive substances (NPS) across the EU. The substances in question — 3-methylmethcathinone (3-MMC) and 3-chloromethcathinone (3-CMC) — are both synthetic...
Commission on Narcotic Drugs 65th session Side Events- Monday PM
12.15 – 13.05 p.m (CET)
Ensuring access to medicines for patients – a global concern
Organized by the Chair of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs with the support of UNODC Secretariat to the Governing Bodies
National Policy against drugs by 2030
Organized by Peru