In order to endorse the evidence-based practices in the field of addiction treatment in Pakistan, ITRAMIC Foundation Lahore organized virtual training for treatment staff and professionals from 22nd to 29th October 2021, in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control of Pakistan. The training was imparted on the following curriculum:

• Curriculum 1: Physiology and Pharmacology for Addiction Professionals

      The following Pakistani National Trainers facilitated the training:

• Dr. Muhammad Amjad Chaudhry
• Lt. Col. (R) Dr. Nadeem Ahmad Bajwa
• Ms. Nazia Bashir

The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data between March and April 2021 from people who use drugs, aged 18 or older, living in 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries. During this period the populations in many European countries were experiencing COVID-19-related lockdown or restrictions. Unless otherwise indicated, the data presented here refer to the 48469 respondents who reported having used at least one illicit drug in the 12 months prior to the survey (last 12 months use) and live in one of 21 EU countries covered by the survey and Switzerland

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13-14 December 2021 UNODC/WHO Regional Workshop on the International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (DUD) was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in hybrid format. 25 policymakers from Central Asia and high-level officials from Ministry of Health and other relevant ministries involved in policy development, planning, funding, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of treatment services and interventions for DUD attended the event. This UNODC/WHO workshop aimed to inform through sharing the International Standards for the Treatment of DUD (2020), the regional and national level...

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تعلیمی سیشن پیر 8 نومبر 2021 کو منعقد ہوا۔

ڈاکٹر مورالس چینے کے زیر استعمال سلائیڈز آئی ایس ایس یو پی میں دستیاب ہیں: https://www.issup.net/node/15736

ڈاکٹر سلویا مورالس چینے کی مزید اشاعتوں ، پریزنٹیشنز ، ویڈیوز اور مواد کے لئے ، براہ کرم ایک محقق کے طور پر ان کے آئی ایس ایس یو پی پروفائل ملاحظہ کریں: https://www.issup.net/node/13799

The Annual Meeting will be held on March 2-5 2022, and is currently scheduled to take place at the Edinburgh International Conference Center in Edinburgh, Scotland.  

The SRNT 2022 Annual Meeting may be a hybrid (part in person, part virtual) or entirely virtual, depending on how things play out in the coming months. A final decision about the meeting format (face-to-face hybrid virtual component vs. entirely virtual) will not be made for some time. In the meantime, attendees should not hesitate to submit for fear of being unable to travel. Rest assured that the meeting, no matter the chosen...

Research from the University of Exeter has highlighted how childhood trauma can make individuals more sensitive to the pleasurable and motivational effects of opioids and less sensitive to the negative consequence of the drugs.

The research, which has been published in the journal of Addiction Biology, aimed to assess the impact of childhood trauma on responses to morphine and pain processing.

As part of a randomised control trial, 52 healthy people- 27 with a history of childhood abuse and neglect, and 25 who reported no such experiences in childhood- received either an active dose of...