Practice

The National Cannabis Summit: Science, Policy and Best Practices

28 August 2017

Denver

United States

The National Cannabis Summit: Science, Policy and Best Practices will be held August 28-30, 2017, at the Grand Hyatt Denver, in Denver, Colorado.

The summit will look at how changing cannabis policy and norms impact:

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Managing the Talking Route to Recovery

Book

22 March 2017

Fortnightly instalment of online course on alcohol treatment research starts with a study which concluded that “leaders have a cascading impact on their staff in ways other than through mandate”. Findings that post-training ‘coaching’ is...

Quality of Behavioural Drug Treatment Implementation Dictates its Success

Scientific article

21 March 2017

Contingency management (CM) is a widely used behavioural therapy for substance use disorders. It offers material rewards for attending sessions and adhering to prescribed medication courses, amongst other positive behaviours. A study...

61st Regular Session of CICAD

24 April 2017

Washington DC

United States

The sixty-first regular session of the Inter-American

ISSUP at the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

News

Earlier this week ISSUP attended the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) at the Vienna International Centre.

2nd National Youth Forum on Prevention of Drug Abuse

18 February 2017

New Delhi

India

The Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses (SPYM) held the 2nd National Youth Forum on Prevention of

Participants at the 2nd National Youth Forum on Prevention of Drug Abuse

Preventing and Treating Tobacco Use among Canadian Youth

Scientific article

13 March 2017

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has issued a new evidence-based guideline for combatting tobacco use by children and young adults aged 5 – 18, suggesting that physicians ought to have a more active role in the prevention...

Good Policy and Practice in Health Education

Book

13 March 2017

Booklet 10: Education sector responses to the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs The latest volume in the Good Policy and Practice in Health Education Series has been developed via international consultation between the United Nations...

Public Health Strategies to Prevent Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: CDC Grand Rounds

Scientific article

10 March 2017

Public Health Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that most commonly occurs in infants after in utero exposure to opioids, although other substances have also been...

Scotland's National Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs Conference

22 March 2017

Glasgow

United Kingdom

Scotland's National Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs Conference will look at the range of substances involved, motivations and characteristics of users, the harms users encounter and possible service responses.