The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE) announces identification of flualprazolam. Flualprazolam Flualprazolam is classified as a novel benzodiazepine, although its synthesis and activity have been previously described in the literature.Benzodiazepines are central nervous...
The aim of the report is to provide reliable and detailed evidence of the drug situation in Europes so that practice and new policies can be informed by sound research.
By following trends, conclusions can be drawn and predictions made about how the drug situation might unfold in the future.
The Global Drug Survey is the Worlds is the worlds largest drug survey. The aim of the GDS is to support communities to have honest and evidence-informed conversations about drugs.
The UK Society for Behaviour Medicine invites all behavioural and public health researchers, clinical practitioners, epidemiologists, health and clinical psychologists, medical sociologists, health economists, nurses, pharmacists and all...
Source: Guyana Drug Information Network (GUYDIN), Guyana's National Anti-Narcotics Agency (NANA) Executive Summary The 2017 Drug Information Network report highlights the national effort to address the drug problem by agencies involved in both supply and demand reduction activities. It also provides...
Ewald, D. R., Strack, R. W., & Orsini, M. M. (2019). Rethinking Addiction. Global Pediatric Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X18821943
Abstract
Addiction is a complex and challenging condition with many contributing factors. Although addictive behaviors appear to be individual choices, behavior alterations cannot be addressed successfully without considering characteristics of the physical and social environments in which individuals live, work, and play. Exposure to chronic psychosocial stressors and the physiological response of individuals to their external environment activates the brain’s neuroendocrine hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, with profound conditioning effects on behavior. This brief synopsis describes the...
To download the report, please visit: https://forum.issup.net/t/synthetic-cannabinoids-in-the-united-states-trend-report-q1-2019/4153 Purpose: The objective of this report is to provide up-to-date information regarding the status of synthetic cannabinoid prevalence, positivity, and discovery within...
The 2019 NDARC Annual Research Symposium is being held on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at the John Niland Scientia Conference and Events Centre, UNSW Sydney.
Известная как «Африканский CROI», конференция INTEREST объединяет ученых, участвующих в исследованиях в области лечения, патогенеза и профилактики ВИЧ в Африке, для обмена ключевыми результатами, содействия сотрудничеству и передачи опыта в...
Full text: https://forum.issup.net/t/ccendu-bulletin-changes-in-stimulant-use-and-related-harms-focus-on-methamphetamine-and-cocaine/4120 Summary In response to recent reports of increasing harms related to methamphetamine use in Canada, this bulletin summarizes recent changes in stimulant-related...
Chicago: Rash of drug overdoses yesterday; early reporting speculates the substance involved was a mix of heroin and fentanyl, however no tests have been done as yet. Article notes naloxone was used to revive at least 2 people.https://t.co/5si4DohfA0 — NDEWS (@NDEWSNews) April 24, 2019
Air Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Presenters: James N. Hall Epidemiologist Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities Nova Southeastern University Denise Paone, EdD Senior Director of Research and Surveillance Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention, Care and Treatment New...
CDC’s Emergency Partners Information Connection and the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention discussed the United States opioid crisis on March 27, 2019. This webinar was for community leaders, public health professionals, health educators, nonprofit organizations, and other nonclinicians who...
This webinar will present an update on research into co-occurring mental and substance use disorders among young people in Australia.
It will ask:
how many young people experience co-occurring mental and substance use disorders?
What is the impact?
And what are the implications for research, prevention and treatment?
It will include a discussion of some recent trends in drug and alcohol use among young Australians, changing gender patterns across the world, and will raise some questions for future directions in research and prevention of mental and substance use disorders.
Release, the UK’s centre of expertise on drugs and drugs law, is proud to invite applications to the 2019 South East Asian Fellowship Program on Drug Policy. Fellows will be hosted at Release in London, UK.
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is looking for risk assessment experts to extend the Scientific Committee for the purposes of ensuring a balanced assessment of risks posed by new psychoactive substances (NPS). This call is addressed to scientists who wish to be...
The Swedish Society of Medicine, Swedish Society of Nursing and IOGT-NTO
The Swedish Society of Medicine, the Swedish Society of Nursing and IOGT-NTO have come together to produce a report on the elderly’s increased sensitivity to the effects of alcohol which, may increase the risk of disease and accidents, even at relatively low consumption levels.
Source: Olsen EO, O’Donnell J, Mattson CL, Schier JG, Wilson N. Notes from the Field: Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths with Kratom Detected — 27 States, July 2016–December 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:326–327. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6814a2External. The CDC just released...
