All Resources for 'Law Enforcement & Supply Reduction'

The West African epidemiology network on drug use

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Book
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Data
Supply & Market Disruption

The West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) Report (2018 -2019) is the second regional report on illicit drug trafficking and the extent of drug use in West Africa.

The report provides data on drug use patterns and emerging...

Update of Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines: Summary of Findings from Public Consultation

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Book
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Public Health
Supply & Market Disruption
Partner Organisation

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has released Updating Canadian Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines: Summary of Findings from Public Consultation. This report marks an important phase in the process of updating...

Further Enhancing the Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Demand Reduction Across Europe

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance
Public Health
Policy
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

The EU Strategy 2021-2025 puts further emphasis on QS and evidence-based interventions.

Yet, the extent and ways in which QS are implemented in daily practices of drug prevention, treatment and harm reduction in the EU varies substantially...

Synthetic cannabinoids in Europe – a review

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Book
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Data
Policy
Public Health
Partner Organisation

This report provides a technical review of the current body of knowledge regarding synthetic cannabinoids that are monitored by the the EU Early Warning System.

The aim of this report is to strengthen situational awareness of synthetic...

Cocaine Insights

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Book
Themes
Supply & Market Disruption

The cocaine market presents a clear threat at the global level. Well-defined locations of production in South America and large consumer markets in the Americas and Europe lead to trafficking routes from a circumscribed origin to specific...

Review of Alternatives to Incarceration Efforts Worldwide

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Law
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation
Research from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in partnership with the Department of State’s Diplomacy Lab Project on the readiness of countries to expand alternatives to incarceration (ATIs) for persons with substance use disorders (SUDs).

Quality and the Workforce

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance
ISSUP Quality in Treatment Network and ISSUP UK are pleased to present this Webinar on Quality and the Workforce. This Webinar looks into the role of the workforce in ensuring quality drug use disorder treatment services.

Periods of altered risk for non-fatal drug overdose

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

The risk of an individual overdosing is influenced by a range of, often overlapping circumstances. Factors such as incarceration, mental and physical health conditions, and the treatments prescribed for these conditions can all affect the...

Identifying content-based engagement patterns in a smoking cessation website and associations with user characteristics and cessation outcomes: a sequence and cluster analysis

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Quality Assurance
Theories and Science

Tobacco smoking is the greatest cause of sickness and early death worldwide, with 8 million people dying each year from a smoking-related condition. The use of pharmaceutical or behavioural assistance improves smokers' chances of quitting...

Reprint of: Biotechnologies and the future of opioid addiction treatments

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Quality Assurance
Public Health
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Biotechnological treatment, including addiction treatment, is the way of the future. Researchers and pharmaceutical companies praise depot injections, agonist/antagonist implants, deep brain stimulation, and hapten conjugate vaccines as...