The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
UN Commission Reclassifies Cannabis
As part of the 63rd CND session, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) took a number of decisions leading to changes in the way cannabis is internationally regulated. One of the key decisions included its reclassification out of the...
High Risk Substance Use and Overdose Among Youth Conference
The rising numbers of young people with high-risk substance use, especially suffering from overdose, is alarming. Adolescence and young adulthood (under the age of 25) is the period of highest incidence and greatest impact of mental health and substance use disorders, yet there are no youth-specific services in place.
Nudge Theory and Alcohol Policy: How Nudge Might Shape Drinking
Summary Nudge theory aims to understand human decision making in order to optimise the outcomes from choices for decision makers. The theory has become increasingly popular amongst public health policymakers in recent years The use of nudge...
Global Drug Survey 2021
The Global Drug Survey uses an anonymous online survey to conduct the world’s biggest drug survey. The annual GDS survey runs from the middle of November each year for approximately 6 weeks. GDS partners with global media giants to act as...
Who Cares if They Die? They're Only Junkies.
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The number of drug-related deaths in the past year will soon be published. Catriona Matheson, Chair of the Drug Deaths Taskforce (DDTF), has suggested that the number of deaths of in 2019 will be higher than the unacceptable level of 2018.
Domestic Violence, Substance Misuse and Mental Ill-health: The Toxic Trio
Within research examining adverse childhood experiences, the toxic trio describes the risk of child abuse and neglect stemming from a child’s exposure to domestic violence, parental mental health issues and/or learning disability, and...
Drug and Alcohol Related Mortality - Looking Beyond the Statistics
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In October the Office for National Statistics published the latest statistics for drug-related deaths in 2019, showing – yet again – a record year in almost a decade of increasing deaths and an appalling picture of human loss and suffering.
The Pandemic Nine Months On: What Lessons Have Drug and Alcohol Services Learned?
Services have had the chance to come to terms with the seismic and sudden changes that the pandemic required of us nine months ago.
This webinar will look at whether some of these changes have been beneficial and will outlast the pandemic, and also what services will embrace on return to a more normal environment.
Prevention Talks: Providing Family-Based Prevention during COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Prevention Professionals.
Family-based prevention interventions have demonstrated effectiveness with a strong level of evidence to address substance use in the family by providing and building parenting skills to raise and nurture children so that they are resilient and display prosocial behavior.
New Online Trainings for Professionals Working in the Field of Substance Use Disorders
In this video, Charlotte Sisson, Senior Foreign Affairs Officer within the Office of Global Programmes and Policy in the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, introduces the audience...