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New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a diverse group of substances that are linked with a number of health and social harms on an individual and societal level. NPS toxicity and dependence syndromes are recognised in primary care...

The rapid emergence of a large number of New Psychoactive Substances on the global drug market poses a significant risk to public health and a challenge to drug policy. Often, little is known about the adverse health effects and social...

Executive summary

The 10-year UK Government plan to combat illegal drugs sets out how we are doing more than ever to cut off the supply of drugs by criminal gangs and give people with a drug addiction a route to a productive and drug...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 15th May, 2022

Presentation:

• Irregular Migration and Drug Trafficking: Assessing the Prevalence among Identified Female Migrant...

The devastating impact of tobacco on the health of users is well known. In addition to the negative effects for the individual, there are significant economic and environmental consequences, which need to be considered when developing...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 14th May, 2022

Presentations:

• ETHOS: the small word that defines us - Phaedon Kaloterakis
• How investing in advocacy can...

نشے کی لت کے چیلنج کا سامنا کرنے کے لئے عالمی برادری کو متحد کرنے کے ایک حصے کے طور پر پیش کیا گیا، 13 مئی، 2022 کو ذاتی طور پر

پیشکشوں:

• قید کے متبادل کے لئے انٹرسیپشن ماڈل کا جائزہ - میلوڈی ہیپس
• مزید قانونی چارہ جوئی یا قید کے بدلے...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th of May,2022

Presentations:

• Advocacy! Making Your Voice Known for Drug Demand Reduction - US. Senator Mattie Hunter
• Dev...

Background

Tobacco control program leaders may improve the use of evidence in program and policy development by presenting evidence to policymakers more often. However, current scientific knowledge regarding what works is slow to reach...

Today, President Biden sent his Administration’s inaugural National Drug Control Strategy to Congress at a time when drug overdoses have taken a heartbreaking toll, claiming 106,854 lives in the most recent 12-month period. The Strategy del...

ISSUP Kenya would like to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar on The Intersection Between Substance Use Disorder and Human Trafficking.

This Webinar will discuss:

1. Nature of Substance Use Disorder
2. The connection between human...

Watch the research presentations on alcohol-related violence and deprivation by Lucy Bryant (Institute of Alcohol Studies, IAS) and Dr Carly Lightowlers (University of Liverpool), delivered at the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar...

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar presentation, held over Zoom on 31 March 2022: "Minimum Unit Pricing (#MUP): Qualitative study of the experiences of homeless drinkers, street drinkers and service providers"...

Today, the European Commission has adopted measures to control two harmful new psychoactive substances (NPS) across the EU. The substances in question — 3-methylmethcathinone (3-MMC) and 3-chloromethcathinone (3-CMC) — are both synthetic...