In 2008 the UK introduced a ‘duty escalator’ which meant alcohol duties (government tax collected by HM Customs and Excise) would rise by 2% above inflation each year until 2012. However, since then the preceding governments have abolished...
Bhutan is recognised for its development philosophy of Gross National Happiness, which places the well-being of people above gross domestic product. However, over the last few years, the number of patients with mental disorder seeking help...
In partnership with the National Governors’ Association and Milbank Memorial Fund, the Center for Evidence-based Policy has created CLOUD: Curated Library about Opioid Use for Decision-makers.
CLOUD's mission is to curate high quality...
Opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the U.S. has been steadily increasing over the last two decades. In 2017 alone, 2.1 million Americans suffered from opioid use disorder (OUD), and 47,600 died from opioid overdose.
Predictably, the...
This technical report focuses on an elimination barometer for viral hepatitis to help countries assess progress towards eliminating hepatitis C and B among people who inject drugs (PWID).
The barometer is being developed by the EMCDDA...
The health ministry of India has proposed a ban on the production and import of electronic cigarettes.
The ministry is concerned the use of e-cigarettes will become an "epidemic" among children and young adults and therefore banning the...
Dalam hal konsumsi alkohol global, Rusia secara konsisten dianggap sebagai salah satu negara dengan rekam jejak konsumsi alkohol berat tertinggi.
Namun, angka terbaru telah menemukan konsumsi alkohol Rusia telah menurun sebesar 43% dari...
This week the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released the European Prevention Curriculum - a handbook designed for decision, opinion and policy makers in science-based prevention of substance use. The...
Siklus hidup rokok mengambil korban berat 
pada lingkungan dari menanam tanaman tembakau untuk pembuangan puntung dan kemasan.
Meskipun dampak ekologis tembakau dibayangi oleh efek buruknya terhadap kesehatan manusia, namun mereka masih...
Alcohol Change UK telah mengumpulkan statistik terkait konsumsi alkohol di 
Inggris.
Laporan ini memberikan informasi tentang:
Beberapa fakta...
In Classification of Drugs: when science was left behind, the Global Commission on Drug Policy explains how the historical classification of psychoactive substances has contributed to the "world drug problem".
It is the first-ever...
Standar Kualitas Pencegahan Obat Eropa telah 
ditetapkan untuk memberikan seperangkat kriteria komprehensif untuk membantu pengguna mempelajari cara mengenali kegiatan pencegahan 'berkualitas tinggi', menguraikan aspek struktural dan...
The European Drug Prevention Quality Standards have been established to provide a 
comprehensive set of criteria to help users learn how to recognise 'high quality' prevention activities, outline the necessary structurally and procedural...
This year's conference theme, Why Context Matters: Towards a Place-Based Prevention Science, challenges prevention scientists to explicitly recognize the central role that geographical concepts such as location, distance, distribution...
The International Program and the Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will host the 13th Annual NIDA International SPR Poster Session at the SPR 28th Annual Meeting in...
The CDPE has conducted an international cross-comparison of illegal drug policies to create an online tool – the Drug Policy Metrics Map.
The map demonstrates the alignment and gaps between the metrics that countries use to assess the...
Alkohol tetap menjadi salah satu zat psikoaktif yang paling umum digunakan di Eropa. Meskipun menjadi faktor risiko utama untuk beban penyakit, dengan dampak substansial tidak hanya pada peminum individu tetapi juga pada masyarakat luas...
SHAAP dan Eurocare telah menerbitkan laporan ringkasan yang mencakup diskusi yang terjadi selama Konferensi Kebijakan Alkohol Eropa ke-8 (8EAPC) di Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Skotlandia, pada 20 dan 21 November 2018.
Konfer...
The Health Research Board National Drugs Library has published a new factsheet that contains information on treatment, prevalence and mortality in Ireland.
The factsheet covers:
Research suggests methamphetamine use is higher amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders compared to non-Indigenous Australians.
The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the key information on the use of...
