Prevention

50 Años de Atención de las Adicciones

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Mexico City

This year Centers for Youth Integration, AC (CIJ) celebrates 50 years of uninterrupted work in prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, research and addiction training. 

That is why the 20th International Congress on Addictions will commemorate these 50 years of attention to drug use. 

Awareness of Information on Alcohol Packaging

Scientific article
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Although alcohol consumption among young people in the UK has been declining there remains a concerning level of binge drinking amongst 16–24-year-olds. One intervention, that is cost-effective and has a wide reach, is the inclusion of...

Hepatitis C New Models of Care for Drugs Services

Book
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has a high prevalence in people who inject drugs in Europe, although HCV infection is both preventable and curable. European clinical guidelines recommend that all patients with chronic liver disease as a...

Planet Youth in Chile

News
The Chilian government has announced the development of the 'Choose to Live Without Drugs' system in Chile. Here, the director of Public Space and psychiatrist Mariano Montenegro describes the Icelandic model that inspired "Choose to live...

World Refugee Week

News
Last week was World Refugee Week and World Refugee Day was on June 20. UNODC showed solidarity on social media to mark that day. UNODC has piloted family skills programmes in line with the International Standard on Drug Use Prevention to...

GISA Trains School Principals on UPC in Nigeria

News
Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) has commenced the training of secondary schools principals in Lagos state, Nigeria on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) for Substance Use Disorders. Leading on from the first batch of a 6...