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People, Planet, or Profit: alcohol’s impact on a sustainable future

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Alcohol is a discretionary, non-essential product that causes over 200 health conditions.1 The harm that alcohol causes to health, society and the economy is already well-known. However, the damage caused to the environment, sustainable...

Integrated brief interventions for noncommunicable disease risk factors in primary care: the manual

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Abstract Brief interventions are recognized by WHO as an effective measure to help people quit tobacco, reduce or stop alcohol use and increase physical activity. They can also help to achieve and maintain healthy eating behaviours and...

Webinar: Re-Imagining Children's Rights Through a Family-Centred Lens

23 November 2022

Online

Every child has a right to a life free from harm within a community that supports them and their family to thrive.

But does every child get to experience these rights?

Strategies to cut down drinking, alcohol consumption, and usual drinking frequency

Scientific article

Background Relatively little is known about how risky drinkers attempt to moderate their drinking in the absence of specialist support. The broader literature has identified multiple potential strategies that people use to cope with...

Opening Doors: ensuring access for all to alcohol support

2 March 2023

Online event, hosted from Cardiff, Wales, UK

United Kingdom

Opening doors

Ensuing access for all to alcohol support

Alcohol Change UK’s national online conference

Thursday 2 March 2023

Substance use and homelessness

Scientific article

This research explored changes in the tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use of people experiencing homelessness in the UK. Particularly, the researchers examined the following questions: what are the characteristics of people with different...

EMCDDA webinar: How wastewater monitoring can boost preparedness for new health threats

16 November 2022

Online

Objective: to explore wastewater analysis as a methodology contributing to EU preparedness and response

Background: COVID-19 has raised the attention of Europe, and globally, on the importance of readiness towards potential emergencies. Improved and innovative monitoring methodologies are at the core of the research-based actions taken to respond to potential threats.

Cannabis and Adolescence

ISSUP Webinar

10 November 2022

ISSUP Chile presented a webinar on the results of current research on the impact of cannabis use on the developing adolescent brain.

Cannabis and Adolescence

10 November 2022

Santiago

Chile

ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar on the results of current research on the impact of cannabis use on the developing adolescent brain?

The webinar will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 17:30 (Chile time)

Community Mental Health Center Success in Prevention and Treatment of People Who Use Psychoactive Substances

ISSUP Webinar

20 October 2022

ISSUP Peru invites you to participate in a webinar on community addiction prevention and control services. The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 11:00 (Peru time) This webinar analyzes the activity that promotes and...