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In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly...

Background

Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.

Learning Outcomes:

•    Sensitization to the wide...

The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.

The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in...

Here you can read a briefing paper put together by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems that examines minimum unit pricing in Scotland.

The paper provides an overview of:

• Alcohol harm in Scotland
• What is MUP and why was it...

This paper aimed to review the literature regarding the impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among Sexual Minorities, with a focus on alcohol, opioids, stimulants, polydrug use, chemsex, cannabis and tobacco, as well as...

Shrnutí hlavních zjištění

Vývoj užívání elektronických cigaret mládeží v Británii je sledován pomocí průzkumu ASH Smokefree GB ve věku 11–18 let v letech 2013–2022 (metodika viz příloha 2) v souvislosti se změnami v užívání tabáku a...

Tento informační list shrnuje informace a statistické údaje o nových psychoaktivních látkách shromážděné z nedávných zpráv o prevalenci, léčbě, úmrtnosti a právních předpisech v Irsku.

Between March and May 2021, the EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) project supported the mapping of national prevention systems in European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) area countries.

This briefing describes the rationale and methodology of the...

In this presentation, the speakers reported the results of a series of three population-based cohort studies relating to the use and effects of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies. The first of these studies provided evidence on how the...

Abstract

Importance  Prenatal smoking is a known modifiable risk factor for stillbirth; however, the contribution of prenatal drinking or the combination of smoking and drinking is uncertain.

Objective  To examine whether prenatal...

ÚVOD:

Evropské kurikulum prevence (EUPC) a univerzální léčebné kurikulum (UTC) jsou paradigmaty úsilí o dosažení mezinárodního standardizovaného školení pro snížení poptávky po drogách. Oba učební osnovy jsou založeny na poznatcích a...

BACKGROUND:

During the last ten years, Georgia made several important accomplishments in responding to the country’s drug problem. Specifically, in 2011, an interagency national drug coordinating body was established within the Ministry...

BACKGROUND:

The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) is offered to the academic community to integrate substance use-specific knowledge, skills, and evidence-based practices into the continuing professional development of current and...

INTRODUCTION:

Access to drug treatment services in Nigeria remains low due to a severe shortage in the drug treatment workforce. Plans are underway to address the workforce shortage by introducing drug addiction training programs in...

Různé NPS významně změnily obraz užívání drog v různých zemích. Nyní jsou na trhu s drogami velmi prominentní. Mnohé z těchto látek jsou skutečně určeny k obcházení protidrogových zákonů a jsou prodávány jako "legální" náhrady konopí...

ISSUP představil ve čtvrtek 7. července 2022 webinář, na kterém vystoupila Giovanna Campello, vedoucí sekce prevence, léčby a rehabilitace Úřadu OSN pro drogy a kriminalitu (UNODC), která představila hlavní body ze světové zprávy UNODC...