All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Substance use can affect workers of all ages; therefore, the workplace may play a vital role in preventing substance abuse throughout their careers. In fact, the workplace has a potential role in promoting the prevention and reducing the substance related problems. In addition, it is important that substance use related challenges should be recognized as health issues at work, treated as any other health issue, and covered by health-care organizations.

This webinar highlighted the evidence base underpinning drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation and discussed future research directions.

Residential rehabilitation provides an important role in alcohol and other drug treatment. The...

Elizabeth Saenz, UNODC, presents on the issue of patient abuse and corruption in treatment and provides a call to action on the need to address this problem that spans across countries.

Presenters:

• Roger Peters, Professor, University of South Florida, USA
• Anja Busse, Program Officer, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (UNODC)
• Giovanna Campello, Head of the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section...

ISSUP Nigeria would like to present the next Bi-Monthly Webinar in their Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will focus on the 'Learning Experience from Claremont University Graduate Course in Media Science for Evidence-Based Drug Use Prevention'.

The featured articles investigate the association of smoking products and alcohol consumption, identify causes and influences, and explore therapeutic avenues and cessation interventions.  

Free to access until 31 January!

Articles

1. Tar...

This study is a content analysis of newspaper reports from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019 looking into legal, ethical and professional concerns regarding the treatment of substance use disorders in India.

This is a study, led by the University of Bristol, and published in Addiction Journal. It was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the research partner of the NHS, public health and social care.

The most effective...