Addiction

A Growing Issue: An Increased Number Are Entering Drug Treatment for Cannabis Use Across Europe

Scientific article

14 June 2017

New research published in the journal European Addiction Research paints a picture of drug treatment services for cannabis-related problems between 2003 – 2014 across 22 European countries. Notably, it suggests that, on the whole, during...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Managing Coerced Alcohol Treatment

Book

14 June 2017

Key studies on the role of management in the treatment of problem drinking in criminal justice settings and/or to safeguard the community. Just as for practitioners, for managers the challenge is to extract therapeutic benefit out of a...

Prevention and Treatment for Drug Use in Rural Settings

Book

13 June 2017

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has recently published what the organisation describes as ‘an awareness-raising tool’ aimed at policy-makers, public health officials, local authorities and other stakeholders. Its intent...

High-Risk Drug Use and New Psychoactive Substances

Book

13 June 2017

‘High-risk drug use and new psychoactive substances’, a new report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), takes a look at the emergence of more problematic forms of new psychoactive substance use among a...

How to Implement Effective School-Based Drug Education

News

The United Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) outlines a number of methods that can be adopted by schools.

2017 Addiction Health Services Research Conference

18 October 2017

Madison

United States

The 2017 Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference will be held in Madison, Wisconsin from October 18 - 20, 2017.

2017 WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours

26 June 2017

Geneva

Switzerland

The World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Mental Health and

Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: What's There to Learn?

Scientific article

7 June 2017

This misuse of prescription opioids is a major public health challenge. Buprenorphine-naloxone (bup-nx) is typically used to treat opioid use disorders. However, the drug’s clinical trial primarily involved heroin users. It was therefore...

Can Depression Lead to E-Cigarette Use?

Scientific article

7 June 2017

There remain many unanswered questions regarding the health effects of e-cigarettes. A new study published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco suggests that there may be a link between e-cigarette use among university students and depression...

Affluence and Academic Pressure: Two Factors That Lead to Drug Abuse?

Scientific article

6 June 2017

A new study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology claims to have found a positive link between affluence, high academic performance and drug and alcohol use. Such findings are important because it has previously only been...