The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Call for Speakers: Commemorating the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and launching the World Drug Report
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will hold a hybrid event commemorating the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and launching the 2021 World Drug Report. The event will take place in a hybrid...
Opportunity to Speak at the Civil Society Webinars on the World Drug Report
The VNGOC together with the UNODC Civil Society Unit will be holding two webinars to present and discuss the World Drug Report 2021, which will be launched on 25th June. VNGOC are looking for civil society speakers wishing to present at...
UNODC’s Strategic Vision for Africa 2030
UNODC’s Strategic Vision for Africa 2030 outlines our mission to provide more safety to Africa’s people, government and institutions from drugs, crime, corruption, terrorism and illicit financial flows. The UNODC Vision 2030 seeks to...
Youth drinking declines - what have we learned?
Since the early 2000s, adolescent drinking in Australia and in many high income countries has fallen dramatically. For example, among 14-17 year old Australians, the rate of risky drinking has fallen from 30% in 2001 to 9% in 2019. This...
Disseminating the European balanced approach on drugs through training
Objective: A conversation with former European Drugs School students on their careers and the legacy of the school.
Introduction: Marica Ferri (EMCDDA) and Isabel Flores (ISCTE-IPPS)
Chair: Alessandra Bo
Guests:
32nd European Society for Social Drug Research Conference
The ESSD was founded in 1990 as an association of European social scientists working on drug issues. Its principal aims are to promote social science approaches to drug research, particularly support qualitative and novel research methods, and encourage early career researchers.
The ESSD holds annual conferences to promote collaboration and cooperation among researchers working in the drugs field.
A Health Led Approach to Drug Policy 2021
Join National & International Leaders in Health Led Approaches to Drugs discussing policy developments in 2021!
Institute of Alcohol Studies: Alcohol and the Sustainable Development Goals
Alcohol and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
About this event
The seminar will run for 1.5 hours and will consider the impact of alcohol on the SDGs.
Speakers:
Chair: Kristina Sperkova, Movendi International
Dudley Tarlton, United Nations Development Programme
Professor Jeff Collin, University of Edinburgh