Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
Roadmap to a Smokefree 2030
In July 2019, the UK Government set out its ambition for England to be smokefree by 2030. Government guidelines say the next steps should have been announced by 6th January 2020, but it has yet to do so. Several key charities, including ASH...
International Standards in Drug Prevention: Lessons from Field operations of UNODC
Speaker: Wadih Maalouf, expert and program manager of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
The conference will be streamed live on https://canal.uib.eu/
Please kindly confirm attendance by emailing: gifesuib [at] gmail [dot] com
Friday 07/02/2020 at 12pm
Prevention with Purpose Strategic Planning Guide
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recently released Prevention with Purpose: A Strategic Planning Guide for Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students. This new publication provides a road map for college and university-based...
Shattering Substance Use Myths on Campus
College and university staff and students can work together on educational events that provide science-based facts about drugs and alcohol to help students make informed decisions. Learn how you can join the 10th anniversary of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW) and how your campus can get involved. Spots in this webinar are limited. Registration requires the creation of a free NASPA.org account.
Evaluating the Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on Sales-Based Consumption in Scotland
The rise in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms in the UK in recent decades has gone hand in hand with the increasing affordability of alcoholic beverages. Minimum Unit Pricing (setting a minimum price below which a unit of...
Free Webinar: Smoking Among Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Groups
The Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre is hosting a free webinar on Thursday 6 February 2020 with guest presenter Dr Veronica Boland from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales and will follow with an open Q & A session. The webinar will run f
Risk of Persistence and Progression of Use of Five Cannabis Products after Experimentation among Adolescents
With many adolescents experimenting with cannabis and the variety of cannabis products available with each product varying in their THC level, mechanism of use, and intoxicating effects experienced, this study aimed to determine whether...
Game On—Complier Average Causal Effect Estimation Reveals Sleeper Effects on Academic Attainment in a Randomized Trial of the Good Behavior Game
Abstract To examine the efficacy of the Good Behavior Game (GBG) in improving children’s reading attainment, and the extent to which this varies as a function of cumulative intervention intensity (dosage) and timing of outcome measurement...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s Efforts to Strengthen a Culture of Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Abstract This article discusses how decision-makers can be supported to strengthen a culture of prevention. This article presents an example of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) work to engage with decision-makers to...