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

Making the European Region Safer: developments in alcohol control policies, 2010–2019 (2021)

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Data

This report presents the current status of alcohol consumption, alcohol-attributable harms and the implementation of alcohol control policies in the WHO European Region, using available data from 2010, 2016 and 2019.

A detailed overview is...

Alcohol and substance use prevention in Africa

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Media-Based
School-Based
Populations
Family

Substance use continues to be a key public health concern in Africa. Despite this, there have been few reviews that have examined the current research on the subject. This study examines the existing research on the prevention of alcohol...

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...

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...

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

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News
Themes
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...

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).

Policies, delivery models, and lessons learned from integrating mental health and substance abuse services into primary health care in Ethiopia.

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Book
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Addiction
Public Health
Mental Health

In Ethiopia, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represent 18.3% of premature mortality, consume 23% of the household expenditures, and cost 1.8% of the gross domestic product. Risk factors such as alcohol, khat, and cannabis use are on the...

Social Determinants & Substance Use: A Perspective Beyond the Policy 'Silo' Pragmatics

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Scientific article
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Policy

Social Determinants & Substance Use: A Perspective Beyond the Policy 'Silo' Pragmatics -  This paper (synoptic version, peer reviewed and published in Journal of Global Drug Policy & Practice) is a review of and research into the social...

Drug overdose: a film about life

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Video and audio recordings
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
This is a film about hope and life, it is about people who are making a difference.