Pricing, including taxation, is a key tool to address harm from alcohol and is identified by the World Health Organization as a ‘best buy’ policy (meaning it is both effective in reducing harm and cost-effective). However alcohol was 72%...
Ecolink Institute, an approved Training Provider of the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program hosted an online panel discussion on Social Stigma in connection with the International Drug Awareness Day on 27 June 2023 which underlined the need...
The guide specifically focuses on tools and strategies for implementing a trauma-informed approach. This guide highlights the need for organizational assessment of readiness and capacity before implementing trauma-informed approach and...
The fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies took place in Lisbon from 23–25 November 2022.
Under the overarching theme of Global Addictions, LxAddictions22 showcased cutting-edge research to help characterise...
Sexual and gender minority individuals face marked disparities in substance use.
This narrative review explores research on substance use in sexual and gender minority communities. The authors define the sexual and gender minority...
To build an affluent society, the youth must be involved in prevention of substance - Director General, Department of Narcotics Control
Youth is the time for our brain to grow and develop. Using of substances at a young age affect brain...
Importance As states have legalized recreational cannabis use, some have enacted policies mandating point-of-sale warning signs with information on harms of using cannabis during pregnancy. While research has found such warning...
Importance A previous meta-analysis of the association between alcohol use and all-cause mortality found no statistically significant reductions in mortality risk at low levels of consumption compared with lifetime nondrinkers...
On the occasion of the International Day of the Family, celebrated on May 15 each year, the NGO RAPAA (Research Action Prevention Accompaniment of Addictions) organized a ceremony to launch a guide for families. This brochure aims to inform...
Dr. Mario Luiz Sarrubbo, Attorney General of the State of São Paulo, filed a memorial with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) with the position of the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office on the agenda that deals with the possible...
