UNODC

Enhanced Knowledge of Serbian Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

News

More than twenty-five (25) Serbian high-level decision makers from Ministries of Health, Education, Social Affairs and Counternarcotics are participating in the three-day workshop on creating humane, effective and evidence-based drug use...

Milan Pekić, Director of the Serbian Office Against Drugs, Elizabeth Sáenz MD, UNODC Project Coordinator and Milos Stojanovic, Regional Project Manager, UNODC Serbia

Priorities for UNODC Work on Drug Prevention and Treatment in Southeastern Europe

News

The programme of work of UNODC in any region of the world is developed in a consultative process together with the concerned Member States. That is why UNODC organised a Regional Consultative Meeting on the Development of the Sub-Programme...

Experts and policy makers from Southeastern European countries together with UNODC staff

Improvement in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders through Adopting Evidence-Based Practices in Pakistan

Scientific article

12 June 2016

Background: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s 2014 survey estimated that there are 6.7 million Pakistanis aged 15-64 who are illegal substance users. In 2014, Pakistan’s drug treatment capacities remained insufficient to meet...

Dependência Química: Quais são os tipos de tratamento

News

Muitas pessoas não sabem que dependência química é uma doença crônica que possui tratamento. Ela se caracteriza pelo abuso de álcool, maconha, cocaína, crack ou outras substâncias entorpecentes, lícitas ou ilícitas. Esse tipo de doença...

World Drug Day and World Drug Report Launch 2018

News

The 2018 theme of the United Nation's Office on Drugs and Crime was "Listen First".

Launch of the UNODC Strategic Response to the Opioids Crisis

25 June 2018

Vienna

Austria

Monday, 25 June 2018, 2:00 p.m.

Board Room D, Vienna International Centre

Click here to access the webcast!

Early Warning at the Global Level: The UNODC Early Warning Advisory on NPS

10 April 2018

Webinar

United States

Presenters:

Conor Crean, Scientific Affairs Officer, Laboratory and Scientific Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Martin Raithelhuber, Illicit Synthetic Drugs Expert, Laboratory and Scientific Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Fentanyl and its Analogues - 50 years on

Book

1 March 2017

ABSTRACT Fentanyl and its analogues are potent synthetic opioids, which are liable to abuse. They are often sold under the guise of heroin or prescription medicines, such as oxycodone, and this exacerbates the risk of overdose and...

Terminology and Information on Drugs

Book

1 March 2016

PREFACE The UNODC publication Terminology and Information on Drugs introduces basic concepts and materials on substances under international control, which are most frequently manufactured or processed and/or abused, as well as definitions...

Paris Pact Initiative - A Partnership to Combat Illicit Traffic in Opiates Originating in Afghanistan

Book

Since its inception in 2003, the broad international coalition known as the Paris Pact Initiative (PPI), made up today of 58 partner countries and 22 organizations, including UNODC, has evolved into one of the most important frameworks for...

Themes

Epidemiology and Etiology

Supply control

Emergency Resources