drug use

End of Life Care and Substance Use Conference

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Manchester

This national conference focusses on end of life care for people with problematic alcohol and drug use. It will showcase findings from a unique research project exploring end of life care and problematic substance use. This will include the voices of people with experience, families, friends, carers, the professionals who work with them, and what existing evidence tells us. 

Monitoring Drug Use in Recreational Settings across Europe

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The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) have released their latest technical report “ Monitoring Drug Use in Recreational Settings across Europe: Conceptual Challenges and Methodological Innovations”. The report...

Report on Drug Use in the Americas 2019, Executive Summary

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Drug use continues to represent a significant problem in the Americas, and one that challenges policy makers at the highest levels. The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (known by its Spanish language acronym, CICAD), of the...

2019 NIDA International Forum

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San Antonio

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will be holding its annual International Forum, June 14–17, 2019, in San Antonio, Texas. 

The event will include a research symposium, poster sessions, and network-building activities that will focus on the range and quality of drug abuse research conducted around the world. 

Novel Psychoactive Substances Symposium

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Philadelphia
United States

The Center for Forensic Science Research & Education is hosting an international 2-day symposium on the status of the Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) crisis in the United States. The event will take place in Philadelphia on the 13th and 14th of November.

The focus of the event will be in on synthetic cannabinoids, opioids, benzodiazepines, stimulants and hallucinogens.

Strategy to Combat Opioid Abuse

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released its five point strategy to combat opioid abuse, misuse, and overdose. The five points that the strategy is based on are to: Improve access to prevention, treatment and recovery...