This article discusses how decision-makers can be supported to strengthen a culture of prevention. This article presents an example of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) work to engage with decision-makers to...
Colombo, Sri Lanka 18-26 January 2020
By Rogers Kasirye
The workshop started on 18th January organized by Colombo/ INL for the support in undertaking the training programme for Afghanistan entitled Training on the Universal Curriculum...
Introduction: Most people who stop smoking gain weight. Dietary modification may seem an obvious solution, but food restriction may increase cigarette craving and smoking relapse.
Trial design: An unblinded parallel randomised...
On 7th November 2019, Public Health England released their adult substance misuse treatment statistics report. During the reporting year, a total of 268,251 adults were in contact with drug and alcohol treatment services, between April 2018...
What is prevention?
I think the definition of "prevention science" by the Academic Science for Prevention Network (SPAN) fully encompasses the role of this field. It is a very rich field in terms of combining and using knowledge from many...
The consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs is a significant cause of preventable disease and illness in Australia. There is a wide range of data sources available that contribute to our understanding of alcohol, tobacco and...
Cannabis is one of the most widely used psychoactive substances in Canada.
The complex relationship between cannabis use and mental disorders has garnered significant attention as a public health issue
This is the first in a series of...
EFFECTIVENESS OF SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTIONS
First instalment of a fortnightly course on the evidence for alcohol treatment and related topics. This instalment selects, explains and explores seminal and key research on the...
The emergence of the idea:
There's no denying it: a lot happens at the club! Some cool and some not so much... Some decisions made under the influence of alcohol and other drugs can have lifelong implications. Others, not so much...
Inte...
THE SALIS COLLECTION is a full-text, digital lending library of literature in the field of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and addictions. “Other drugs” refers to marijuana, heroin, LSD, cocaine, methamphetamine, opioids etc. International...
