Opioids

Bind to opioid receptors to produce analgesia and euphoria. e.g., morphine, heroin, fentanyl. 

Online Training: Parental Substance Use: Essential Skills

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Online

This one day training looks at brief and extended interventions for working with parents who use drugs and alcohol. This course delivers essential insights into the issues surrounding parental substance misuse and safeguarding along with skills for working with parents who are problematic drug and alcohol users. It is designed for anyone who’s work brings them into contact with parents who have issues with substance misuse.

Approach and Management to Newborns with Prenatal Opioid Exposure

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Washington DC
United States
Join Dr. Alison Sweeney of UNC Chapel Hill for an insightful session covering how to recognise signs and symptoms of opioid exposure in infants. The webinar will discuss treatment strategies (including Eat, Sleep, Console) and team-based care to support families.
Approach and Management to Newborns with Prenatal Opioid Exposure

European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) 2025

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Lisbon
Portugal

Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply and public policies

Special Focus on Synthetic Opioids

Our two week in-person Summer School (23rd of June to 04th of July 2025) prepares professionals and students to meet the complex policy challenges that face Europe and the World in the field of drugs. Teaching staff include scientific experts from the EUDA, researchers, practitioners and policymakers.