All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Cannabis Use Patterns at the Dawn of US Cannabis Reform

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men

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In the United States (US), three in 10 cannabis users develop cannabis use disorder (CUD). Usage patterns in line with CUD may be associated with socio-economic disadvantage, and other negative effects. Thus, research on CUD is...

UNODC Training on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders with more than 60 Cambodian Policymakers

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

More than 60 policy-makers participated at UNODC Workshop on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders for Policy Makers in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 12 to 14 June 2019. This high-level workshop was inaugurated by H.E Prof...

Prenatal Alcohol Screening During Pregnancy by Midwives and Nurses

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Scientific article
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Populations
Women

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Alcohol use during pregnancy can have a variety of harmful consequences on the fetus. Lifelong effects include growth restriction, characteristic facial anomalies, and neurobehavioral dysfunction. This range of effects...

Alcohol Use and Breast Cancer Risk

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Scientific article
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Populations
Women
Public Health
Despite the clear associations between alcohol consumption and breast cancer, public awareness of this issue is low.

Substance Use Prevention for Adolescents: The Icelandic Model

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy

Back in the 1990s, results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) highlighted concerning levels of adolescent substance use in Iceland. Since the publication of the ESPAD results, Icelandic authorities...