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NIDA Easy to Read Drug Facts

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Website
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Partner Organisation

If you are searching for a simple format way to communicate the key issues around drugs then the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website may offer a multi-media solution. 

The Easy to Read Drug Facts section of the NIDA website...

Multilevel Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study Examining School Substance-Misuse Policy and the Use of Cannabis, Mephedrone and Novel Psychoactive Substances

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Scientific article
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Psychoactive Substances
Policy

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Objectives: To examine whether young peoples’ risk of cannabis, mephedrone and novel psychoactive substances (NPS) use is associated with school substance-misuse policy.

Design: A cross-sectional survey of secondary school...

Exploring the Factors Affecting the Implementation of Tobacco and Substance Use Interventions within a Secondary School Setting

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Theories and Science

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Background

The aim of this mixed-methods, systematic literature review was to develop an understanding of the factors affecting the implementation of tobacco and substance use intervention programmes in the secondary school...

Barriers to Addiction Prevention and Treatment in Communities with Organized Crime: The Perspective of Health Providers

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Theories and Science

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The presence of organized crime may encourage an increase in the supply of illicit substances, the incorporation of young people into crime, the promotion of substance-oriented lifestyles, and the use of violent...

European Drug Report 2018

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Statistics
Policy
Law
Supply & Market Disruption
Partner Organisation

The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released their latest European Drugs report. 

Covering 30 European countries the report explores drug trends, developments in prevention and treatment, public health...

Sugar, Tobacco, and Alcohol Taxes to Achieve the SDGs

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Scientific article
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Policy
Prevention
Public Health

More than a decade after the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, there is compelling evidence that raising tobacco prices substantially through taxation is the single most effective way to reduce tobacco use and...

Humphrey Fellowship Program

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

The Humphrey Fellowship Program, sponsored by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is a US government international exchange program supported by the people of the United States.  Fellowships are granted...

Using Technology in the Field of Substance Use

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
This special news article is focused on all things digital - exploring e-health, d-health, m-health and u-health.