Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
Addiction Practitioners Forum 2022
The ADDICTION Practitioners Forum 2022 will be held as an online CPD event on 28 & 29 June 2022 in association with ITTC and the ISSUP South Africa Chapter.
This forum will explore prevention and treatment modalities and capacity building for prevention and treatment practitioners.
Professionalization and Strengthening of the Drug Demand Reduction Workforce.
Chaired by Livia Edegger, Deputy Director of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), the specialist in this panel spoke about the importance of creating and strengthening the workface in drug demand reduction...
New Zealand Announces Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan
New Zealand is making history with the launch of a bold Smokefree Action Plan that aims to reduce daily smoking prevalence to less than 5 percent for all population groups across the country by 2025. The aim of the new plan is to eliminate...
Forward: A guide to support the wellbeing of youth and adults impacted by a parent's drug or alcohol use
"Forward: A Free guide to support the Wellbeing of Youth and Adults who have been Impacted by a Parent's Drug or Alcohol use." The newly released guide, Forward, is the first of its kind. It is intended to increase a youth's understanding...
School safety plans: Building prevention in schools
From both education and substance use prevention research, we know that students cannot learn if they feel unsafe in their school environment. To bond or connect with the school, the school climate must be: Physically safe, emotionally safe...
Minimum unit pricing evidence from Scotland and Wales
Is minimum unit pricing working? Examining the evidence from Scotland and Wales
About this event
Professor Eileen Kaner, Newcastle University, will share with us the findings of the Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland and Wales study, as published in The Lancet.
Substance Use Among Adolescents: Risk and Protective Factors
Join CICAD's Demand Reduction Unit for this online event on "Substance Use Among Adolescents: Risk and Protective Factors".
World AIDS Day Event - An Update on the HIV Outbreak
World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. It’s an opportunity for people to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first-ever global health day.
The Science of Skills- Listen First
On Saturday, 20 November to celebrate World Children’s Day, UNODC is launching Listen First: Science of Skills. The new materials, Science of Skills, feature four animated characters with ‘super skills’ that correlate to social and...
Alcohol Availability, Use, and Harms Among Adolescents in Three Mexican Cities.
Alcohol consumption contributes to 3 million deaths each year globally as well as to the disabilities and poor health of millions of people. Alcohol use among adolescents can be harmful to neurodevelopment and has been linked to an...
