Practice

International Medicine in Addiction Conference 2021

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Online

International Medicine in Addiction Conference 2021 will take place online from the 26-28th of Feb.

This year’s theme of ‘Connecting the Disconnected’ acknowledges that doctors work with patients and communities who use substances that can cause complex issues, disconnection and marginalisation, and that they need to respond to people’s unique situations and issues.

Social Work and Policing Conference

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Online

In this conference project partners in Austria, Belgium and Portugal will, first, present the curriculum for the SWaPOL training, and second, open the discussion about opportunities for similar cross-disciplinary vocational training between police and social work in Europe in the future.

Global Drug Survey 2020

Book
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Global Drug Survey (GDS) runs the world’s largest survey. GDS believes that the expertise and experience of people who use alcohol and other drugs can be used to inform the creation of better drug policy. The GDS 2020 includes data from...

Stigma Reading List

Reading List
Stigma is a complex construct that is present within societies at different levels. The impact of stigma can severely damage individuals and communities. People who use substances are often on the receiving end of stigmatising attitudes and...

Principles of Care for Young Adults With Substance Use Disorders

Scientific article
Researchers from the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center have published a series of articles in the Pediatrics journal addressing the six principles of care for young adults with substance use disorders. The aim of the...

Measuring Organized Crime in the Western Balkans

Book
Executive Summary The findings of this report are based on a statistical and analytical framework to measure and assess organized crime in the Western Balkans. Six countries and territories are included: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina...