ABSTRACT

Objective: To assess the association between drinking behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine, anxiety symptoms, and sociodemographic characteristics in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Method: Data was collected through a cross‐sectional online survey (non-probabilistic sample) conducted by the Pan American Health Organization between May 22 and June 30, 2020, in 33 countries and two territories of LAC. Participants were 18 years of age or older and must not have traveled outside of their country since March 15, 2020 (n= 12 328, M age= 38.1 years, 65% female)...

Quito, 16 March 2021.- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), through the Global Drug And Treatment Care Project - with the support of Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health - developed a training day on treatment for women, adolescents and girls with substance use disorders and the management of substance use disorders during pregnancy.

Over three days (16, 17 and 18 March) more than 25 health professionals (psychologists, doctors and psychiatrists) working in different provinces of Ecuador will deepen their knowledge of specific care for women, pregnant women, adolescents and...

The Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment 2020 provides an analysis of the global synthetic drugs market.

• The first part of this report provides options for responses to counter the synthetic drug problem.
• The second part presents a global thematic analysis of the key trends and emerging developments of the synthetic drugs market as well as the recent trends in the manufacture of synthetic drugs, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The third part provides the key findings of the synthetic drug situation in the different regions of the world.

Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment