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New Alcohol Awareness Website

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The Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) has launched a new alcohol awareness website. ‘Ask About Alcohol’ provides information on health risks associated with drinking alcohol to enable people to manage their own health better. Furthermore...

Webinar: "Marijuana on the Mind: A Primer for Policymakers"

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Webinar
United States

Eight states in the U.S. have legalized recreational use of marijuana, 11 are considering loosening their laws this year, and even Congress is half-heartedly looking at ending the federal restriction on state marijuana laws. And yet the effects of marijuana on the brain, whether positive or negative, are poorly understood and in desperate need of further study in order to address important public health concerns.

Alcohol Use Disorders Webinar

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The Progress in Mind Resource Centre held a one-hour webinar on alcohol use disorders. The webinar was delivered by Wim van den Brink, Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam, and Steve Brinksman, GP and...

The Opiate Epidemic - Free Access Article Collection

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Although the abuse of many substances has declined across the globe in recent years, the misuse of prescription and non-medical pharmaceutical opioids has significantly increased. The Taylor & Francis Group, which publishes peer-reviewed...

60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

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Vienna
Austria

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is the central policy-making body of the UN drug control system. The CND meets annually when it considers and adopts a range of decisions and resolutions. The 60th session of the CND will take place in Vienna from the 13th to the 17th of March, 2017.

Tackling Drug Misuse and Dependence

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London
United Kingdom

This symposium provides an invaluable opportunity for local authorities, health and social care services, NHS and other public health specialists, the third sector and police and law enforcement agencies to discuss priorities for the next drug strategy and ways to promote partnership working at the local level to ena