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ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (25th Session): Non-Conventional Psychoactive Substances in Nigeria: Understanding Trends and Implications for Public Health

ISSUP Webinar

28 November 2024

ISSUP Nigeria presents the 25th session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar focuses on the topic of 'Non-Conventional Psychoactive Substances in Nigeria: Understanding Trends and Implications for Public Health'.

ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (25th Session): Non-Conventional Psychoactive Substances in Nigeria: Understanding Trends and Implications for Public Health

28 November 2024

Online

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to the 25th session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar will focus on the topic of 'Non-Conventional Psychoactive Substances in Nigeria: Understanding Trends and Implications for Public Health'.

Seasonal Variations in Treatment Seeking for Alcohol Use Disorder in the Total Danish Population

Scientific article

15 October 2024

A significant number of individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) do not seek treatment, and the factors influencing treatment-seeking behavior are not well understood. While it is known that alcohol consumption levels can fluctuate with...

Population-wide interventions for reducing alcohol consumption: What is the per capita consumption indicator telling us?

16 November 2021

Online

Tuesday, 16 November 2021 - 15:00-16:30 CET

This event aims at discussing the validity and reliability of alcohol per capita consumption, its sensitivity to describe changes in alcohol control policies and reflect on the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic in alcohol consumption projected trends by 2030.

World Situation with Regard to Drug Abuse

Book

This report contains a summary of the information available to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on the extent of drug use and its health consequences. The report includes information on: Emerging drig trends Challenges...

Who's Doing What?: The Epidemiology of Adolescent Substance Use

17 November 2020

Chicago

United States

This free webinar will review the epidemiology of adolescent substance.

The speaker will discuss the substances most often used by youth, look at trends in youth substance use over time, and discuss the protective role of family and positive social supports.

As a result of participating in this webinar, you will be able to:

European Drug Report 2020

Book

28 September 2020

European Drug Report 2020 COVID-19 How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting drug use, supply and services? Drug use and harms What are the health costs of drug use in Europe today? Drug markets What do the latest data tell us about drug...

Changes in Smoker Characteristics in England

Scientific article

Smoking in England has decreased over the last decade. It is vital to monitor the trends and examine the factors that may be influencing the downward curve, so as to maintain the pattern and make predictions about future smoking rates. A...

Unintended Consequences of the Cannabis Panacea: What Addiction Specialists Need to Know

28 October 2020

Webinar

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 @ 3-4:00pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT)

Description

Hailed as safe, natural and a potential cure-all by the public, both medical and recreational cannabis is quickly becoming legal and mainstream across the country.

WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use 2000-2025

Book

Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers. WHO has estimated that tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) is currently responsible for the death of about six million people across...