The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Crime and Social Impacts of Alcohol
Alcohol-related crime and social disorder is estimated to cost UK taxpayers £11bn per year, at 2010/11 prices.[1] Alcohol-related crime makes up a substantial portion of violent offences across the UK (47% in England and Wales in 2014/15,[2...
Cognitive Behavioural Approaches Training
Cognitive behavioural approaches (CBA) encompasses a series of evidence-based techniques derived from cognitive behavioural therapy. During this training, delegates will learn what we feel and think determines how we act and that these thoughts can be challenged and intervened, therefore having a positive impact on behaviour.
Webinar: Enhancing Residential Addiction Treatment Services
Date & Time:
Fri, 3 February 2017
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Reviewing England's Drug Misuse Treatment System
Public Health England’s recently published review reveals that the country’s drug misuse treatment system is performing well. However, there are still several areas that call for improvements. Amongst the report’s findings, notable are: 60%...
Plans for a Smoke-Free Finland Gather Pace
Finland plans to cut consumption of tobacco products - in any form – to less than 2% among adults by 2040. As is the case with many industrialised countries, Finland’s smoking rates have decreased in recent years as a result of various...
EUSPR Conference 2017
The 2017 European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR) Conference will be taking place in Vienna, Austria between the 20th and 22nd of September. Full details will be published here soon.
New Online Training for Practitioners, Peer Mentors and Service Managers
This new platform allows substance misuse, probation and prison services to upskill their workforces in a scalable and consistent way, and optimise their use of the digital behaviour change programme Breaking Free. Service providers can now...
Webinar "Change is in the Air: Taking Initiative Towards a Tobacco-Free Texas"
Webinar date and time:
Tue, Feb 7, 2017: 2 pm EST
Webinar "Synthetic Drug Threats in the United States: 2017 Update"
Event Date and Time:
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Presentation: Synthetic Drug Threats in the United States: 2017 Update
Presenter: Jill M. Head, Supervisory Chemist,
DEA Special Testing and Research Laboratory