All Resources for 'Media, Advocacy, and Communications original'

UNODC Training for Albanian Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention, Treatment and Care of Drug Use Disorders

Format
News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

UNODC organized a training for 19 Albanian policymakers on the Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders from 12-14 April 2022 in Tirana, Albania. Participants from the Ministries of Health and Social Protection, Education...

The Intersection Between Substance Use Disorder and Human Trafficking

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women
Mental Health
Policy
Law

ISSUP Kenya would like to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar on The Intersection Between Substance Use Disorder and Human Trafficking.

This Webinar will discuss:

  1. Nature of Substance Use Disorder
  2. The connection between human...

Kenya introduces tax on alcohol advertising

Format
News
Themes
Public Health
Policy

A 15% tax on fees charged by television stations, print media, billboards, and radio stations for advertisements of alcohol products, gaming, and gambling has been proposed in the 2022/23 budget.

Here you can read the news article...

MUP and homeless/street drinkers & service providers

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Addiction
Prevention
Policy

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar presentation, held over Zoom on 31 March 2022: "Minimum Unit Pricing (#MUP): Qualitative study of the experiences of homeless drinkers, street drinkers and service providers"...

Alcohol-related violence & deprivation

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Policy

Watch the research presentations on alcohol-related violence and deprivation by Lucy Bryant (Institute of Alcohol Studies, IAS) and Dr Carly Lightowlers (University of Liverpool), delivered at the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar...

UNODC Listen First

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

A UNODC drug use prevention initiative that promotes the well-being of children and youth, their families and their communities. Presenter: Jenny Roston Lundstrom, Coordinator - UNODC PTRS

Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Prevention
Mental Health

Although more than 1 in every 3 US individuals will develop a substance use disorder in their lifetime, relatively little is known about the long-term patterns of substance use disorder symptoms from adolescence through adulthood.

Key

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Launch of the Spanish Chapter of ISSUP

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
ISSUP Spain invites you to attend its launch event.

Prevention toolkit — a new one-stop shop for EMCDDA prevention materials

Publication Date
Format
Book
Themes
Prevention

The EMCDDA launched a new Prevention toolkit, bringing together all of its key prevention-related materials to date. Part of the agency’s toolkit series, this new resource is aimed at anyone involved in shaping decisions, opinions and...