Opioids

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

World Drug Report 2025: Key Trends and Policy Challenges for Africa

ISSUP Webinar

28 August 2025

ISSUP Global, UNODC, and the African Union presents their webinar on the World Drug Report 2025, focusing on key trends and policy challenges for Africa.

World Drug Report 2025: Key Trends and Policy Challenges for Africa

28 August 2025

Online

ISSUP Global, UNODC, and the African Union invite you to an upcoming webinar on the World Drug Report 2025, focusing on key trends and policy challenges for Africa.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Opioid Users in Dodoma, Tanzania: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study Protocol

Scientific article

2 November 2024

INTRODUCTION: Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly commorbid among individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). PTSD among people with OUD is associated with severe opioid use, depression, and suicidality. Tanzania has seen a rise...

Online Training: Parental Substance Use: Essential Skills

9 September 2025

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.

Psychologists are innovating to tackle substance use by building new alliances in treatment efforts

Report

1 January 2024

Recent data from the U.S. highlights a concerning rise in substance use and related harms. In 2022, over 109,000 drug overdose deaths were recorded—a 54% increase since 2019. The majority involved illicit fentanyl, often mixed with...

The role of UK alcohol and drug (AOD) nurses in a changing workforce

Scientific article

Background: This article shares findings from a study that looked into how alcohol and other drugs (AOD) nurses in the UK view their current career opportunities and the challenges they face. It also explores how changes in health services...

Approach and Management to Newborns with Prenatal Opioid Exposure

9 May 2025

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 strategies (including Eat, Sleep, Console) and team-based care to support families.

Approach and Management to Newborns with Prenatal Opioid Exposure

The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Conference 2025

4 October 2025

Philadelphia

United States

The American Association for the

"Addressing Underlying Trauma in Opioid Use" with speaker Tanya Saraiya, PhD

22 April 2025

Washington, DC

United States

Barriers and facilitators to scaling up medications for opioid use disorder in Kentucky: qualitative perspectives of treatment organisation staff

Scientific article

2 April 2025

Background Many people who could benefit from medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) aren’t receiving them. This study looks at how MOUD agencies in Kentucky are experiencing changes in patient numbers and the challenges and supports...