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The Principles of Harm Reduction for Patients with Opioid Dependence: Opioid agonist maintenance therapy.

ISSUP Webinar

16 January 2024

ISSUP Kazakhstan presents Its webinar on the principles of harm reduction for patients. This webinar delves deeper into opioid agonist maintenance therapy.

The Principles of Harm Reduction for Patients with Opioid Dependence: Opioid agonist maintenance therapy.

16 January 2024

Astana

Kazakhstan

ISSUP Kazakhstan cordially invites you to an upcoming webinar on January 16th, 2024 on the principles of for patients.

Clinical Interventions for Harm Reduction Patients

10 January 2024

Online

The profession has made incredible progress in adopting strategies as clinical intervention tools for persons with substance use disorders. In this presentation, participants will review which clinical interventions most effective for people who express they do not want or do not need counseling.

DIMS Annual Report 2022

Report

The DIMS annual report 2022 covers the concentrations, adulterations, and other relevant information produced by DIMS in the past year, and in doing so forms a topical image of the Dutch drug market. Spread out over all Dutch provinces, the...

Harm reduction services in the Netherlands Report

Report

1 March 2022

Harm reduction (HR) has been a pillar of drug policy in the Netherlands for many decades. In fact, the Netherlands was a pioneer in the field of HR. Like many other Western countries, the Netherlands was hit by a wave of heroin use in the...

New guidance for drug checking services in health risk communication

Guide

17 November 2023

The new guidance for drug checking services manual by EMCDDA underlines the need for approaches that are grounded in the best evidence available or principles of effective and safe health risk communication. To date, there has been...

Overdose Prevention Centers, Crime, and Disorder in New York City

Scientific article

13 November 2023

Abstract Importance The first government-sanctioned overdose prevention centers (OPCs) in the US opened in New York City (NYC) in November 2021 amid concerns that they may increase crime and disorder, representing a significant political...

Opioid overdose rates and implementation of overdose education and nasal naloxone distribution in Massachusetts: interrupted time series analysis

Scientific article

Abstract Objective To evaluate the impact of state supported overdose education and nasal naloxone distribution (OEND) programs on rates of opioid related death from overdose and acute care utilization in Massachusetts. Design Interrupted...

Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment for Substance Use. Part I: Introduction to SBIRT and Screening Tools for Substance Use.

ISSUP Webinar

23 November 2023

ISSUP is pleased to present a webinar on Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). This two-part series has been organised as a collaboration between ISSUP Global, The South Africa International Technology Transfer Centre (ITTC) and the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment for Substance Use. Part I: Introduction to SBIRT and Screening Tools for Substance Use.

23 November 2023

Cape Town

South Africa

ISSUP is pleased to present a webinar on Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to (SBIRT). This two-part series has been organised as a collaboration between ISSUP Global, The South Africa International Technology Transfer Centre (ITTC) and the University of Cape Town, South Africa.