The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Review of a decade of drug policy: Progress and Challenges
Introduction According to the latest World Drug Report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the year 2022, around 284 million people between the ages of 15 and 64 used drugs.
Symposium on gender and drugs
Date: 22 November 2022, 9.00 to 17.00 Lisbon time
Location: LxAddictions conference site
The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis
Background Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...
Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria
Paper presented at the commemoration of the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders. Learning Outcomes: • Sensitization to the wide range of...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.
Time: 3PM Nigeria Time | 3PM UK Time
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European Implementation Event
The #EIE2023 brings together individuals and organisations engaged in synthesising, translating, adopting and implementing evidence in human service practice and policy.
Kenya to include smoking cessation drugs as essential medicines
The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction. The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in the...
Denmark advises no alcohol consumption for under-18s
All young people aged under 18 have been advised not to drink alcohol in new guidelines issued by the Danish Health Authority. The advice is part of new general Danish recommendations on alcohol consumption, the health authority said in a...
Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol in Scotland
Here you can read a briefing paper put together by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems that examines minimum unit pricing in Scotland. The paper provides an overview of: Alcohol harm in Scotland What is MUP and why was it implemented...