The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Cannabis tourist destinations: Risk for vulnerable travellers with pre-existing mental disorders
https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article-abstract/27/4/taz098/5671717
Substances as Self-Treatment for Cognitive Test Anxiety among Undergraduate Students
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.2018.1564090
Harm reduction drug policy in Israel: what has been accomplished and what still needs to be done?
https://ijhpr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13584-019-0343-3
HIV and People Who Use Drugs Factsheet
The 2021-2026 Global AIDS Strategy has bold and critical new targets on realizing human rights, reducing stigma, discrimination, and violence, and removing harmful punitive laws as a pathway to ending inequalities and ultimately ending AIDS...
Women and alcohol
The alcohol research interest group (ARIG) is hosting a webinar on Alcohol and Women.
The event will take place on the 14th of October.
Speakers:
Dr Emily Nicholls
'I just feel nice with a glass of wine': Doing 'girliness' and 'classiness' through alcohol consumption on a Girls' Night Out
Dr Amanda Atkinson
Update of Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines: Summary of Findings from Public Consultation
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has released Updating Canadian Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines: Summary of Findings from Public Consultation. This report marks an important phase in the process of updating...
Further Enhancing the Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Demand Reduction Across Europe
The EU Strategy 2021-2025 puts further emphasis on QS and evidence-based interventions. Yet, the extent and ways in which QS are implemented in daily practices of drug prevention, treatment and harm reduction in the EU varies substantially...
Synthetic cannabinoids in Europe – a review
This report provides a technical review of the current body of knowledge regarding synthetic cannabinoids that are monitored by the the EU Early Warning System. The aim of this report is to strengthen situational awareness of synthetic...
Substance Misuse Treatment and the Criminal Justice System
This webinar will focus on the interconnecting policy and practice that shapes the experiences of people with drug and alcohol problems within the criminal justice system. It will be chaired by Mike Trace, Chief Executive of Forward Trust and Collective Voice Trustee.
2021 MCA Symposium on Alcohol & Health
The MCA Annual Symposium is a key event in the alcohol and health field. The symposium attracts delegates from clinical, policy and research backgrounds and across all the health specialties and disciplines.