Practice

Risks and Harms Associated with the Nonmedical Use of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply in Canada

Report

25 December 2021

Summary Substance use risks are significantly higher for people who obtain drugs on the unregulated market as there is no quality control and drug contents are unpredictable. This lack of predictability has increased during the COVID-19...

Concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach

Book

This manual introduces a concept of trauma and offers a framework for becoming a trauma-informed organisation, system, or service sector. The manual provides a definition of trauma and a trauma-informed approach and offers 6 key principles...

The intersection of homelessness, trauma, and substance use: Reading list

Reading List

This reading list is designed to complement the webinar presented by Lili Lemieux-Cumberlege on trauma, homelessness, and substance use. The presentation explored the subject through a personal, interpersonal, and systemic lens, and...

Braiding Western Treatment Modalities and Indigenous Approaches for SUDs: Sweetgrass Method

9 March 2022

Online

Description

Limited studies examine how traditional American Indian/Alaskan Native and Western healing practices are being combined in

Introducing compassion focused therapy

Scientific article

Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is based on the evolutionary, functional analysis of basic social motivational systems (e.g., to exist within groups and care for kin) and emotional systems (e.g., to respond to threats, seek out contentment...

Culture of Care’ Barometer

Website

An organisational culture is the collection of values, expectations, and practices that shape the overall feeling and actions among staff members. A culture of care is an environment that is created where people feel valued and supported as...

Adverse childhood experiences and related outcomes among adults experiencing homelessness

Scientific article

People who are homeless experience significant physical, mental and social challenges that are linked with poor health and functioning. Rates of substance use issues, mental health difficulties, injury and chronic disease are significantly...

The 10th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis Care in Substance Users

19 October 2022

Glasgow

United Kingdom

The 10th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis Care in Substance Users will take place on the 19th-21st October 2022 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Why attend?

Africa Policy Day 2022

4 February 2022

Online

SA Drug Policy Week is the premier drug policy event in Africa – but due to COVID-19, the 2020 Policy Week and 2021 Policy Week have not occurred.

While there have been numerous webinars and virtual events, none has filled the South African Drug Policy Week agenda. An expanded African Policy Week is planned for late 2022, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event may need to be postponed again.

Variations in risks from smoking between high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries

Scientific article

1 February 2022

Tobacco use is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, over 20 different types or subtypes of cancer, and many other health conditions 1. In this study, the researchers explored the variation in risk from current...