Prevention

Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.

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Building an effective community team and assessing community needs

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In Uganda for any substance use prevention to yield positive outcomes, it should be backed by facts on community readiness. Interventions such as “Community That Care’’ (CTC) is one example of the evidence-based model that uses a proven...

Screening & Brief Intervention Practice for Youth Substance Use Prevention & Wellness

9 September 2021

St. Augustine/Florida

United States

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Youth Wellness & Risk Behavior Connections: Part II: Violence, Safety & Other Health Behaviors

2 September 2021

ST AUGUSTINE, Florida

United States

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Seminar Adapting the Icelandic Model for the Prevention of Drug Use: progress three years after its implementation

Video and audio recordings

31 August 2021

This seminar, aimed at technicians and professionals working in the field of substance use, seeks to share the results and experience of adaptation and implementation of the Icelandic model of prevention in 6 Chilean communes, in addition to addressing the challenges of considering this model as a public policy.

Seminar on Adaptation of the Icelandic Model for the Prevention of Drug Use: progress three years after its implementation

31 August 2021

Santiago

Chile

This seminar, aimed at technicians and professionals who work in the field of substance use, seeks to share the results and the experience of adaptation and implementation of the Icelandic prevention model in 6 Chilean communes, in addition to addressing the challenges of considering this model as a public policy.

Trust in Your Gut – Clinical Applications of Polyvagal Theory in Therapy and Relapse Prevention

25 August 2021

Online

Description: The Polyvagal Theory of Stephen Porges, PhD, has been with us for 25 years, but the practical application to therapy has been slow to develop.

Launch event: Dame Carol Black’s independent review of drugs, part 2

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Take-home naloxone

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Opioid overdose deaths can be prevented through timely administration of naloxone, a potent opioid antagonist drug that rapidly reverses the effects of opioid analgesics by binding to the opioid receptors in the central nervous system...

Alcohol Awareness Week 2021

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Alcohol Awareness Week is a week of awareness-raising, campaigning for change, and more. This year's Alcohol Awareness Week takes place from 15-21 November 2021 on the theme of Alcohol and relationships. Alcohol Awareness Week is...

Website on new psychoactive substances NPS-Info.org

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4 August 2021

The web resource is divided into five sections: "Substances", "Prevention", "Resources", "Practice" and "Get Help". The Resources section contains videos on HIV prevention among people who use stimulants/NPS. This section also includes...

Website on new psychoactive substances NPS-Info.org