Taking drugs influences your ability to drive safely putting yourself and those around you at risk.
In a bid to prevent harm caused by drug driving, the New Zealand Government have introduced police random roadside drug testing.
Drivers...
Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers. WHO has estimated that tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) is currently responsible for the death of about six million people across...
Drinking alcohol increases the risk of mouth cancer, pharyngeal (upper throat) cancer, oesophageal (food pipe) cancer, laryngeal (voice box) cancer, breast cancer, bowel cancer and liver cancer.
Having conversations with patients about the...
Despite vaping becoming more common by the year, researchers are still uncovering the short and long-term consequences of using e-cigarettes.
The most recent research from the University of Belfast has concluded that bacteria commonly...
GDS 2020 — GDS believes that the expertise and experience of people who use alcohol and other drugs can be used to inform the creation of better drug policy, whilst helping people use drugs more safely, regardless of the legal status of...
Kyiv (Ukraine), 18 December 2019 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the framework of the UNODC-WHO Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care, organized an...
The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) is an illicit drug monitoring system which has been conducted in all states and territories of Australia since 2003 and forms part of Drug Trends.
The EDRS consists of annual...
The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is an ongoing illicit drug monitoring system which has been conducted in all states and territories of Australia since 2000 and forms part of Drug Trends.
This year, we have provided a suite of...
Globally, an estimated 15·6 million people aged 15–64 years inject drugs. Younger people who inject drugs are at higher risk of overdose, drug dependence, and blood-borne virus transmission and engaging in risky sexual behaviour.
In a...
The material promotes the development of intervention strategies for a comprehensive and networked approach to problematic substance use in areas of deprivation of liberty. Encouraging the participation of detainees, their families, prison...
