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Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Drug Use Situation and Services for People who Use Drugs in Central Asia

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UNODC Mentor in collaboration with colleagues from Coordination and Analysis Unit of the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia conducted a rapid assessment in four countries of Central Asia. The main goal of the brief research was to study...

World Drug Report 2020

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Global drug consumption increases, while COVID-19 impacts markets, according to the World Drug Report 2020, released on June 25, 2020 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The Report shows that around 269 million people...

Corona Virus Hit People with Substance Use Disorder During Lockdown in Lahore

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Sixty Five drug addicts were found dead during the corona virus lockdown in the city of Lahore due to overdose of drugs, shortage of food and water and living in miserable conditions. The majority of them was unidentified and homeless. More...

With the pandemic, what has changed in drug use?

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With many drug users dealing with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, coronavirus isolation presents an unprecedented challenge. With the advancement of isolation measures to try to contain the new coronavirus, some illegal...

Pandemia de Coronavirus e o uso de drogas

OBID interviews researcher Sanela Talic

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What is prevention? I think the definition of "prevention science" by the Academic Science for Prevention Network (SPAN) fully encompasses the role of this field. It is a very rich field in terms of combining and using knowledge from many...

Get to know the "Ballad with Science" Project

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The emergence of the idea: There's no denying it: a lot happens at the club! Some cool and some not so much... Some decisions made under the influence of alcohol and other drugs can have lifelong implications. Others, not so much...

Drug Demand Reduction

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24 November 2019

Drug Demand Reduction By Grainne Kenny An estimated 200 million people, or 5% of the global population aged between 15-64yrs have used illicit drugs at least once in the past year. Britain and Ireland have the highest number of drug and...

Global Peace Summit 2019 in South Africa

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Participate in the Fully Funded Global Peace Summit 2019 in South Africa Global Peace Chain (A Project of MAPS) envisions to build resilience, cultivate the culture of tolerance, inclusivity, interfaith harmony,co-existence,love & social...

UNODC Global eLearning

Video and audio recordings

18 October 2018

UNODCs online eLearning courses deliver trainings to a community of over 50,000 Member State officials on international security threats such as transnational organized crime, terrorism, illicit drugs, trafficking in persons and smuggling...

Migración femenina a Estados Unidos y consumo de drogas

Scientific article

10 August 2008

Abstract Con el objetivo de conocer la experiencia migratoria a Estados Unidos de mujeres mexicanas, de identificar si cuentan con redes sociales cercanas de usuarias de drogas, así como valorar la presencia de consumo de dichas sustancias...