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Improving Services and Systems for Transition-Age Youth

9 November 2016

Sudbury

Canada

The transition to adulthood is a critical developmental stage. Youth experiencing mental health and substance use concerns at this time may also face challenges related to housing, justice involvement, education, and employment. And individuals from vulnerable populations experience these challenges more acutely.

Webinar: Improving Substance Use Treatment in Ontario

24 November 2016

Toronto

Canada

This webinar aims to present ideas for improving substance use

Webinar: A Service Pathway for Youth with Mental Health and Addiction Challenges

8 December 2016

Toronto

Canada

YouthCan IMPACT is a project started in Toronto to set up Integrated Collaborative Care Teams (ICCTs) that provide youth with rapid access to mental health and

Rescued from Hell: Life after the High

News

This photo story documents the lives of children at a rehabilitation centre in Delhi. The majority of young drug users in India's capital city are addicted to marijuana and heroin. Rajesh Kumar, Executive Director of the Society for...

Contingency Management and Drug Disorders

Book

23 October 2016

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) defines contingency management as “a general behavioural intervention technique used in the treatment of drug dependence … designed to weaken drug use and strengthen...

Scottish Courts Rule in Favour of Minimum Price for Alcohol

News

After more than four years of industry delay tactics, yesterday’s ruling from the Court of Session in Edinburgh has finally paved the way for the introduction of a minimum price for alcohol in Scotland, a policy approved by MSPs back in...

Webinar: Peer-led Interventions to Prevent Tobacco, Alcohol and/or Drug Use Among Young People

27 October 2016

Bristol

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Is There a Biological Link Between Anti-Depressants and the Effects of Alcohol on the Body?

Scientific article

14 October 2016

The ‘self-medication hypothesis’ is commonly known to refer to a human behaviour which sees people with depression turn to alcohol as a way of coping. New research published in the journal Nature Communications has now discovered a...

Australia: Social Pressures and Alcohol Consumption

Scientific article

12 October 2016

Almost 20% of Australians exceed two alcoholic drinks on average per day. However, the will to cut down or quit drinking can lead to social stigmatisation. A new study published in Drug and Alcohol Review reports that, in many social...

Marijuana and Maternity: What Are the Effects?

Scientific article

12 October 2016

Four US states currently allow recreational marijuana use and twenty-four allow medical marijuana. However, little research has been carried out to uncover the drug’s effect on the development of human embryos if smoked or consumed in...