Prevention

EMCDDA Insights: Prevention of Substance Abuse

Book

15 August 2017

Prevention of Substance Abuse by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is a report that draws on evidence-based research to assess substance use prevention interventions, in terms of their ability to...

The Effectiveness of Illegal Drug Interventions

Book

9 August 2017

This Health Research Board document reviews evidence on the effectiveness of interventions in the areas of prevention, harm reduction and long-term recovery from addiction to illegal drugs. It asks which interventions are effective for...

Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide

Book

24 July 2017

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) presents its Principles of Adolescent Drug Addiction Treatment. The document focuses exclusively on the realities of substance use among youth (12 to 17 years). Illegal substances, prescription...

New Consensus Document For Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine

Book

20 July 2017

A new Consensus Document from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) appears in the new edition of the Journal of Addiction Medicine. The document provides practical, evidence-based recommendations regarding the use of drug...

SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit

Book

25 January 2016

This toolkit offers strategies to health care providers, communities, and local governments for developing practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Access reports for community members, prescribers...

2017 UNODC World Drug Report

Book

26 June 2017

Now in its 20th year of publication, the UNODC World Drug Report for 2017 is now available. It consists of 5 accessible booklets: Booklet 1 provides a summary of the subsequent 4 booklets. It also discusses the policy implications of the...

Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Settings: What Works, What Doesn’t and What's Next?

Book

23 June 2017

This week saw the seminar launch at Edinburgh’s Royal College of Physicians of two key reports on alcohol interventions in primary care settings published by the Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) in collaboration with the...

Community Convening Guide: Substance Use Prevention, Screening, and Early Intervention

Book

13 June 2017

A key objective of Facing Addiction’s Action Agenda is to spread the awareness and adoption of youth prevention activities in your communities, examples of which include evidence-based prevention programming highlighted in the 2016 U.S...

Personality-Targeted Substance Use Interventions: Do They Work?

Scientific article

14 June 2017

Do high-risk pupils benefit more so from psychological interventions than standard drug education initiatives? Much research suggests there are, in fact, a number of significantly positive effects associated with the former. What is more...

Prevention and Treatment for Drug Use in Rural Settings

Book

13 June 2017

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has recently published what the organisation describes as ‘an awareness-raising tool’ aimed at policy-makers, public health officials, local authorities and other stakeholders. Its intent...