Addiction

UNODC Trains Team of National Trainers from Central Asia within the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders

News

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia supported a training of trainers (ToT) on Course 13 – “Contingency Management: A Reinforcement Based Treatment” and “Course 18 – “Clinical Supervision” which took place in person in Bishkek...

Differences in addiction and recovery gains according to gender – gender barriers and specific differences in overall strengths growth

Scientific article

14 March 2022

Background The necessity of a gendered understanding of recovery is becoming increasingly evident. There have been reports of gender disparities in the character and amount of substance use, the paths to and through substance use disorder...

Navigating intersecting public health crises: a qualitative study of people with opioid use disorders' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic

Scientific article

18 March 2022

Background The long-running opioid epidemic and the more recent COVID-19 pandemic are two interrelated events with major public health implications for people who use opioids (OUD). The majority of studies on the interaction of these two...

Let’s Talk Overdose 2022

6 April 2022

Online

2-DAY CONFERENCE

April 6, 2022
Early risk – Early intervention: Overdose among Youth

Changing drug markets and the COVID-19 pandemic have created an increasingly serious need to develop specific solutions for young people at risk of overdose. Everyone is welcome to join the conversations about early intervention, prevention and youth-focused treatments for high-risk substance use.

Non-opioid prescription misuse

Video and audio recordings

This presentation explored the who, how and why of non-opioid prescription drug misuse focusing on antipsychotics, stimulants and pregabalin. While much is known about the prevalence and associated harms of prescription opioid and...

Effects of extended-release buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependence

Video and audio recordings

In this webinar, findings were reported from the CoLAB qualitative study, which aimed to examine the multiple social, material and temporal effects of extended-release buprenorphine depot (BUP-XR) treatment in clients’ lives, among a group...

INEBRIA Edinburgh 2022

21 September 2022

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

INEBRIA is an international network of researchers, policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders interested in the potential of brief interventions in health and other settings to reduce the harms produced by alcohol and other drug use.

Responding to the use of anabolic androgenic steroids

Video and audio recordings

Three international experts discussed anabolic androgenic steroids – illicit or prescription-only drugs that are manufactured to mimic the effects of the male hormone testosterone, and that are sometimes taken to increase muscle mass and...

Adfam Research Report: Families and friends negatively affected by gambling - Policy & Recommendations

Book

Description: This report sets out Adfam's findings from a range of research activities including four specific gambling-related surveys, peer support training and round-table events. It looks at the effects of gambling on families as well...

COVID 19—impact on substance use treatment utilisation and provision in South Africa

Scientific article

3 March 2022

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected persons suffering from substance use disorders (SUDs) all around the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in the number of SUD treatment...

Addiction

2-DAY CONFERENCE

April 6, 2022 Early risk – Early intervention: Overdose among Youth

April 6, 2022
Early risk – Early intervention: Overdose among Youth