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Implementing the European Action Plan on Alcohol
Despite efforts to reduce concerning levels of alcohol consumption in Europe through adopting the WHO European Action Plan on Alcohol (EAPA), the region continues to have the highest prevalence of drinkers, heavy episodic drinking, alcohol...
Dubai Loosens Laws as UAE Alcohol Sales Fall
The tourist industry is vital to Dubai. However, recently there has been a widening economic downturn affecting the country.
The UAE dominates other countries around the Middle East when it comes to drinking, with per capita alcohol...
Algorithm May Expose Thousands of Under-18s to Harmful Targeted Adverts
A recent study, conducted by the Guardian and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, has revealed that Facebook has marked hundreds of thousands of children as “interested in” adverts about gambling and alcohol.
Facebook gains information...
Alcohol Policy in Uganda
Harmful alcohol consumption remains a critical public health concern in Uganda. Despite efforts by the government to introduce policies that will improve the situation, alcohol companies are finding new ways to advertise and sell their...
Marketing of Heated Tobacco Products in the Czech Republic - The Role of Social Media
Over the years, there has been a global decline in tobacco consumption, and countries have made significant progress in developing evidence-based and cost-effective tobacco control measures. As a result, tobacco industries have had to...
Peningkatan pengetahuan pembuat kebijakan Indonesia tentang sifat, pencegahan dan pengobatan gangguan penggunaan narkoba
30 pembuat kebijakan dari Kementerian Sosial Indonesia, Badan Narkotika Nasional (BNN), Kementerian Kesehatan, Kementerian Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia, Kementerian Dalam Negeri, dan entitas lainnya berpartisipasi dalam lokakarya tiga hari...
Modelling the Impact of Alcohol Duty Policies Since 2012 in England & Scotland
In 2008 the UK introduced a ‘duty escalator’ which meant alcohol duties (government tax collected by HM Customs and Excise) would rise by 2% above inflation each year until 2012. However, since then the preceding governments have abolished...
Addiction in Bhutan
Bhutan is recognised for its development philosophy of Gross National Happiness, which places the well-being of people above gross domestic product. However, over the last few years, the number of patients with mental disorder seeking help...
CLOUD - The Curated Library about Opioid Use for Decision-makers
In partnership with the National Governors’ Association and Milbank Memorial Fund, the Center for Evidence-based Policy has created CLOUD: Curated Library about Opioid Use for Decision-makers.
CLOUD's mission is to curate high quality...
Journal for Advancing Justice Volume II
Opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the U.S. has been steadily increasing over the last two decades. In 2017 alone, 2.1 million Americans suffered from opioid use disorder (OUD), and 47,600 died from opioid overdose.
Predictably...
Monitoring the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Threat in Europe
This technical report focuses on an elimination barometer for viral hepatitis to help countries assess progress towards eliminating hepatitis C and B among people who inject drugs (PWID).
The barometer is being developed by the EMCDDA...
India's Health Ministry Wants to Ban Electronic Cigarettes
The health ministry of India has proposed a ban on the production and import of electronic cigarettes.
The ministry is concerned the use of e-cigarettes will become an "epidemic" among children and young adults and therefore banning the...
Konsumsi alkohol Rusia
Dalam hal konsumsi alkohol global, Rusia secara konsisten dianggap sebagai salah satu negara dengan rekam jejak konsumsi alkohol berat tertinggi.
Namun, angka terbaru telah menemukan konsumsi alkohol Rusia telah menurun sebesar 43% dari...
European Prevention Curriculum
This week the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released the European Prevention Curriculum - a handbook designed for decision, opinion and policy makers in science-based prevention of substance use. The...
Tembakau dan Lingkungan
Siklus hidup rokok mengambil korban berat 
pada lingkungan dari menanam tanaman tembakau untuk pembuangan puntung dan kemasan.
Meskipun dampak ekologis tembakau dibayangi oleh efek buruknya terhadap kesehatan manusia, namun mereka masih...
Statistik Alkohol Inggris
Alcohol Change UK telah mengumpulkan statistik terkait konsumsi alkohol di 
Inggris.
Laporan ini memberikan informasi tentang:
- Alkohol di Inggris
- Alkohol dan Kesehatan
- Pengobatan
- Kejahatan
- Perilaku Minum
- Anak Muda
Beberapa...
Classification of Drugs: When Science Was Left Behind
In Classification of Drugs: when science was left behind, the Global Commission on Drug Policy explains how the historical classification of psychoactive substances has contributed to the "world drug problem".
It is the first-ever...
EDPQS Toolkit 4: Adaptasi dan Diseminasi
Standar Kualitas Pencegahan Obat Eropa telah 
ditetapkan untuk memberikan seperangkat kriteria komprehensif untuk membantu pengguna mempelajari cara mengenali kegiatan pencegahan 'berkualitas tinggi', menguraikan aspek struktural dan...
EDPQS Toolkit 1: Funding & Decision-Making
The European Drug Prevention Quality Standards have been established to provide a 
comprehensive set of criteria to help users learn how to recognise 'high quality' prevention activities, outline the necessary structurally and procedural...
SPR 2020 Call for Papers Now Open!
This year's conference theme, Why Context Matters: Towards a Place-Based Prevention Science, challenges prevention scientists to explicitly recognize the central role that geographical concepts such as location, distance, distribution...