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Self-reported Xylazine Experiences: A Mixed-methods Study of Reddit Subscribers
Abstract
Objectives
Xylazine is an α2-agonist increasingly prevalent in the illicit drug supply. Our objectives were to curate information about xylazine through social media from people who use drugs (PWUDs). Specifically, we sought...
Toxicología del Alcohol
ISSUP Colombia le invita a su Webinar sobre Toxicología de drogas de abuso.
Extended-release pharmacotherapies for Substance Use Disorders in incarcerated populations
A history of harmful substance use or dependence is common among people in Criminal Justice Systems (CJSs) around the world. The time after an individual has left the CJS is of elevated risk for those with harmful substance use - with high...
Sex and gender differences in HCV risk and cascade of care among people who inject drugs
This seminar explored why it is important to study sex and gender differences in people who inject drugs, with reference to examples relevant to hepatitis C risk and the cascade of care. It included an overview of why we study sex and...
New rule in New Zealand requires warning on all packaged alcohol
A new rule will require all packaged alcohol being sold to have warnings on the label about the harm it can cause to unborn babies.
The food safety agency says the move is supported by advice from doctors, midwives, the Ministry of...
National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2022: Alcohol Treatment Demand
In this bulletin, data on treated problem alcohol use for the year 2022 are presented, followed by trends for the seven-year period from 2016 to 2022.
The data are from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS), the national...
Healing Families, Helping Systems: A Trauma-Informed Practice Guide for Working with Children, Youth & Families
This guide is concerned with advancing understanding and action about trauma-informed approaches that support program and service delivery for/with children, youth, and families. A trauma-informed approach is a system-wide approach that is...
Introduction to Forensic Substance Use Evaluation
ISSUP and the National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE) are pleased to present their collaborative Webinar on conducting a Quality Forensic Substance Use Evaluations.
Создана новая глобальная коалиция по борьбе с угрозами, связанными с синтетическими наркотиками
7 июля 2023 года Государственный секретарь США Энтони Блинкен провел виртуальную встречу на уровне министров, посвященную созданию Глобальной коалиции по борьбе с угрозами, связанными с синтетическими наркотиками.
World Drug Report 2023
For the first time since its conception, this year the World Drug Report consists of two products, a web-based element and a set of booklets.
Влияние кризиса стоимости жизни на семьи и друзей людей с проблемами употребления психоактивных веществ
Влияние зависимости на семейные финансы многогранно.
Поэтому неудивительно, что кризис стоимости жизни создает дополнительные трудности и напряжение для семей, пострадавших от употребления психоактивных веществ, добавляя еще больше...
Как правительства сообщили об изменениях в политике Великобритании в отношении пошлин на алкоголь?
Ценообразование, включая налогообложение, является ключевым инструментом для устранения вреда от алкоголя и определено Всемирной организацией здравоохранения как политика «лучшей покупки» (что означает, что она эффективна как в снижении...
Support. Don't Punish International Day of Action
A global advocacy campaign calling for drug policies based on health and human rights.
Support. Don’t Punish is a global grassroots-centred initiative in support of harm reduction and drug policies that prioritise public health and human...
ПЛАКАТ ISSUP ДЛЯ LISBON ADDICTIONS 2022: ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ УПОТРЕБЛЕНИЯ ПСИХОАКТИВНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ И РОЛИ СЕМЕЙ В КАЗАХСТАНЕ, ПАКИСТАНЕ И УКРАИНЕ
23–25 ноября 2022 года в Лиссабоне состоялась четвертая Европейская конференция по аддиктивному поведению и зависимостям.
В рамках всеобъемлющей темы «Глобальные зависимости» LxAddictions22 продемонстрировал передовые исследования...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
Spanish Project of Best Practice Portal in Drug Demand Reduction and Behavioural Addictions
INTRODUCTION: In Spain, the offer of prevention programmes is very varied and structured, but today the challenge remains how to put evidence into practice. European Commission define a best practice as “a relevant policy or intervention...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
The Process of the Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Prevention in Croatia: A Case Study
INTRODUCTION: Prevention science and quality standards of drug prevention in the EU and in the world have developed in recent decades. Progress has been made in quality development in Croatia, but the experience of the process of improving...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders
BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
The Implementation of Quality Standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community
BACKGROUND: Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.
METHODS: A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Quality Standards in Lithuania 1992–2022: From Grassroots Initiatives to Nationwide Strategies
BACKGROUND: The implementation of quality standards in the treatment of substance use disorders in Lithuania is not well documented in the literature. AIMS: To describe the process of the development of quality standards from grassroots...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
Stress and substance use among sexual and gender minority individuals
Sexual and gender minority individuals face marked disparities in substance use.
This narrative review explores research on substance use in sexual and gender minority communities. The authors define the sexual and gender minority...