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Situation of Homelessness and Substance Use in India and the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

Scientific article

Availability of safe and comfortable shelter is one of the elementary human needs essential for both an individual’s survival as well as social development. However, even in the 21st century, about one fifth of the world’s population lives...

Psychoactive Prescription Drug Abuse: Selected Psychological Symptoms and Quality of Life in Addiction Treatment. Study Protocol

Scientific article

14 November 2022

BACKGROUND: The abuse of psychoactive prescription drugs has become increasingly common in the Czech Republic. These drugs include sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics (benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotics), and opioids. Patients with an addiction...

The Amount of Excise Tax and its Effect on the Consumption of Alcohol and Cigarettes in European Countries

Scientific article

2 January 2023

BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption are widespread practices that are legal and socially accepted in many societies. One of the common tools to reduce the consumption of these legal drugs is increasing prices. The prices for...

Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health: Final Report

Book

Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health provides evidence-based advice on alcohol to support people in making informed decisions about their health. The guidance is based on the latest research on alcohol-related risks and replaces Canada’s...

ADF Drug Wheel

Website

The ADF Interactive Drug Wheel classifies drugs as part of seven general categories: Stimulants, Depressants, Cannabinoids, Psychedelics, Opioids, Dissociatives and Empathogens. Find out about the effects of drugs and more information about...

Cannabis: Reading List

Reading List

Of all illicit substances, cannabis stands out as the most extensively cultivated, trafficked, and misused. It has significant effects on the human body and mind, altering sensory perceptions, mood, cognitive abilities, motor coordination...

The 17th World Conference on Public Health

2 May 2023

Rome

Italy

The theme of the Congress — A World in Turmoil: Opportunities to Focus on the Public’s Health — reflects our commitment, as the global health community, to work together in and outside of our respective fields to promote health equity and to build a more sustainable and just future.

American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting 2023

23 March 2023

Florida

Who Should Attend?

Clinicians from all specialties and general medical practice treating patients in pain are invited to join leading experts in pain medicine at AAPM 2023.

Journey In Changing Lives for the Better in the Last 50 Years

13 March 2023

Vienna

Austria

The Colombo Plan is hosting a Side Event during the 66th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). The event will be held on Monday 13 March 2023 from 13:00 -13:50 CEST | AT ROOM MOE79

EMCDDA webinar: Responding to stimulant use: developments in treatment

22 March 2023

Webinar

Objective: To better understand current developments in the