World Drug Report 2023
For the first time since its conception, this year the World Drug Report consists of two products, a web-based element and a set of booklets.
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Addiction Nursing Competencies: A Comprehensive Toolkit for the Addictions Nurse
Abstract
With the increased role of nurses in caring for patients with substance addiction, there was a clear need to develop the Addiction Nursing Competencies to guide and support the nursing workforce.
A literature search revealed a...
Center for Global Health - Sri Lanka Participates at UNODC Constructive Dialogue - Vienna
The American College of Science and Humanities and its Centre for Global Health Research and Policy in Sri Lanka participated at the UNODC Constructive Dialogue on Technical Assistance at Vienne, Austria, in person, on 30 May 2023 - 31 May...
Psychosocial and Cultural Coping Strategies for Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention and Treatment
American College of Science and Humanities initiated activities to fulfill the ISSUP mission in Sri Lanka. On June 11th 2023, the college held the inaugural psychology research conference with special focus on substance use prevention and...
How have governments communicated UK alcohol duty policy changes?
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%...
The effects of the cost of living crisis on families and friends of someone with a substance use problem
The impact of addiction on family finances is multiple.
It is therefore no surprise to find that the cost of living crisis is causing additional difficulty and strain to families affected by substance use, adding further complexity to the...
Families Awareness Week 2023
Adfam is a UK charity tackling the negative effects of substance use on families and friends. This week is Families Awareness Week 2023 (26 June - 2 July), Adfam’s campaign to raise awareness of the 5 million people in the UK negatively...
International monitoring of capacity of treatment systems for alcohol and drug use disorders: Methodology of the Service Capacity Index for Substance Use Disorders
Abstract
Objectives
We aimed to develop a Service Capacity Index for Substance Use Disorders (SCI-SUD) that would reflect the capacity of national health systems to provide treatment for alcohol and drug use disorders, in terms of the...
World Drug Day in Togo
As part of the celebration of June 26 ..
THE NGO RAPAA.. made a passage in the television program La Poz de la TVT with the participation of a member of the CNAD
Yesterday, June 26, the NGO RAPAA also hosted a program in Ewe language with...
Pakistan Youth Organization (PYO) Seminar on International Day Against Drug Abuse
Pakistan Youth Organization organized a seminar on the eve of the international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking in collaboration with Freedom drug treatment & rehab Centre, Gujranwala Pakistan on 26th June 2023 at GIFT...
