Prevention

UNODC Partnership with Lions Club to Develop Personal and Social Skills of Adolescents

News

The UNODC/WHO Second Update Edition of the International Standards on Drug Use Prevention http://bit.ly/2D1Qua4 identifies evidence-based education on personal and social skills as one of the effective strategies to prevent drug use and...

Wadih Maalouf, UNODC Project Officer presenting on UNODC’s collaboration with the Lions Club International Foundation at the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

New Resource: Time to Act!

Book

1 March 2019

Time to Act! outlines pragmatic and concrete actions, following the UN General Assembly Special Session 2016 (UNGASS 2016), for prevention of non-medical use of controlled substances, treatment of drug use disorders, social protection and...

Strong Families Programme

Book

The Strong Families Programme is a family skills prevention programme.

The European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR) Conference

16 September 2019

Ghent

Belgium

EUSPR 2019 is being held in Ghent, Belgium on 16th and 17th September 2019, with workshops and project meetings scheduled for the 18th.

La prevención en manos de los jóvenes: Herramientas pedagógicas en prevención del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas y mitigación de su impacto, para líderes de organizaciones juveniles

Book

22 April 2013

El Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social entrega a los jóvenes este documento de prevención y mitigación del impacto del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas (SPA), para que sean los mismos jóvenes quienes den las respuestas adecuadas a...

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

29 March 2019

Chicago

United States

The Global Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference will bring more than 400 student members, alumni, and supporters to the Chicago area from March 29-31 for our annual gathering featuring:

Summer Institute on Addiction

30 June 2019

Amsterdam

Netherlands

As our hyper-globalized world brings people, substances, ideas, and potential sources of

Substance Use among Youth with Chronic Medical Conditions

Scientific article

23 January 2019

Adolescence is generally associated with health, development and growth. However, a great number of adolescents are affected by chronic illness - defined as a disability interfering with normal life and/or demanding treatment. Substance use...

Treatment of Cannabis-related Problems in the Nordic Countries

Book

28 February 2019

After alcohol, cannabis is the second most common intoxicant in the Nordics. In Denmark cannabis is by far the principle issue among newcomers to drug treatment, in Iceland, more than one-third of all addiction patients have cannabis as a...

Prevalence and Pattern of Psychoactive Substance Use among Female Students in North India

Scientific article

24 January 2019

The frequent collection, analysis and publication of data on psychoactive substance use among young people is essential to follow trends which can be used to inform practice and public health policy. In India, psychoactive substance use is...