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International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

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The 26th of June marks the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

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European Drug Report 2018

Book

7 June 2018

The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released their latest European Drugs report. Covering 30 European countries the report explores drug trends, developments in prevention and treatment, public health...

Guidance on the Implementation of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol

Guide

1 April 2018

With legislation brought in on 1 May 2018 the Scottish Government has produced a resource offering Guidance on the Implementation of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol for sellers of alcohol and alcohol enforcement authorities in Scotland. The...

Guidance on the Implementation of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol

Solution to Detect, Classify, and Report Illicit Online Marketing and Sales of Controlled Substances via Twitter

Scientific article

27 April 2018

ABSTRACT Background: On December 6 and 7, 2017, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted its first Code-a-Thon event aimed at leveraging technology and data-driven solutions to help combat the opioid epidemic. The authors...

Territorial patterns and socio-demographic factors associated with the killings and drug trafficking in Costa Rica

Book

1 March 2018

The results of the study allow to confirm the existence of spatial clusters related to the killings and seizure of drugs at the district level. In other words, both events do not occur randomly in space, they have defined patterns of...

National report on drugs and activities related 2016

Book

OVERVIEW Treatment of consumption Government institutions: The year 2016 showed a decrease in the number of patients except those included in the range of 19 to 25 years although total attention increased over the previous year given the...

Standardized Indicators for National Drug Information Networks in the Caribbean

This guide, developed by and for persons working in member states of the Caribbean, presents a model set of indicators to countries desiring to standardize the way that they organize, collect, and report drug-related information for their...

United Kingdom Drug Situation: Focal Point Annual Report

Book

1 March 2017

The United Kingdom Focal Point on Drugs (UK Focal Point) 2017 report is available on the UK government's digital portal. Based at Public Health England, the UK Focal Point is the national partner of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs...

United Kingdom Drug Situation: Focal Point Annual Report

Centre for criminal networks and illicit trafficking of the Real Instituto Elcano

Book

15 February 2018

This valuable document, Sonia Alda Mejías presents an approach to the analysis of illegal flows of trafficking in cocaine. It does this through a vision that provides some of the key aspects of the analysis of transnational criminal...

Alcohol Outlet Availability and Excessive Alcohol Consumption in Breast Cancer Survivors

Scientific article

18 April 2012

Abstract Background: Breast cancer survivors who consume alcohol excessively are at increased risk of recurrence and have worse prognosis. Because the environments in which people live shape many health behaviors, there has been increased...