stimulants

Drug market trends of Cocaine, Amphetamine-type stimulants and New Psychoactive Substances

Booklet

Constituting the fourth part of the World Drug Report 2022, this booklet focuses on the market dynamics of various stimulants – cocaine, amphetamines and “ecstasy” – and of NPS. It contains an analysis of the global market for cocaine...

Stimulants: health and social responses

Booklet

6 July 2024

This miniguide is one of a larger set, which together comprise Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide. It provides an overview of what to consider when planning or delivering health and social responses to stimulant...

The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) Bulletin: An Update on Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada and the United States

Guide

1 December 2022

The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) is a pan-Canadian network of community partners co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). The network has sites in British Columbia, Manitoba...

Webinar: "Medication Options for Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders: Optimistic Update and New Research"

2 March 2021

Maryland

United States

Register now at https://thenationalcouncil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-W5Zn4sRTb6FgD0_PxM5Yw

Tuesday, March 2, 2021, starting at 01:00 PM (Washington, DC time)

Overdose deaths associated with illicit stimulants (cocaine and methamphetamine) have surged in the past eight years, according to a recent study by the National Inst

Problem Gambling and Stimulant Use

Video and audio recordings

This webinar provided attendees with information about: What problem gambling is, its symptoms and impacts Link between drug use (including methamphetamine use) and gambling

Conditional Probabilities of Substance Use Disorders and Associated Risk Factors

Scientific article

1 January 2019

Highlights Pre-existing mental disorders increases the risk of developing SUD. Prior SUD increases the risk of transitioning from use to use disorder. Highest rates of transition to SUD occurred among stimulant and opioid users. Mood and...

Nonmedical Use of Stimulants Is Associated With Riskier Sexual Practices and Other Forms of Impulsivity

Scientific article

1 November 2018

Abstract: Background: This study sought to examine the occurrence of the nonmedical use of prescription stimulants (amphetamines and methylphenidate) in a university sample and their associated physical and mental health correlates...