Policy
State of the Nation
The third edition of NZ Drug Foundation annual report on how New Zealand is dealing with alcohol and other drugs was published in December 2020. The aim of State of the Nation is to provide a backdrop against which we can assess the impact...
WHO Launches Year-long Campaign to Help 100 Million People Quit Tobacco
The World Health Organisation has launched a year long campaign to help people quit their tobacco use. As part of the campaign “Commit to Quit" the WHO have announced a new Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and have published “More than 100...
dataUNODC
UNODC’ data portal, dataUNODC allows users to find all its data on drugs and crime. Information is grouped under the following headings: Data by topic SDGs Country Profiles Questionnaires Microdata
Nudge Theory and Alcohol Policy: How Nudge Might Shape Drinking
Summary Nudge theory aims to understand human decision making in order to optimise the outcomes from choices for decision makers. The theory has become increasingly popular amongst public health policymakers in recent years The use of nudge...
Who Cares if They Die? They're Only Junkies.
About this Event
The number of drug-related deaths in the past year will soon be published. Catriona Matheson, Chair of the Drug Deaths Taskforce (DDTF), has suggested that the number of deaths of in 2019 will be higher than the unacceptable level of 2018.
Tobacco regulation in 2021: Changes following EU exit
This webinar, co-hosted by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Fresh, and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), covers the immediate changes being made to the regulatory system in relation to tobacco products following the UK’s departure from the EU on December 31st 2020.
Domestic Violence, Substance Misuse and Mental Ill-health: The Toxic Trio
Within research examining adverse childhood experiences, the toxic trio describes the risk of child abuse and neglect stemming from a child’s exposure to domestic violence, parental mental health issues and/or learning disability, and...
New Online Trainings for Professionals Working in the Field of Substance Use Disorders
In this video, Charlotte Sisson, Senior Foreign Affairs Officer within the Office of Global Programmes and Policy in the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, introduces the audience...
Reconvened 63rd CND session
The reconvened sixty-third session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will be held from 2 to 4 December 2020 starting at 11 am and 3 pm at the Vienna International Centre, as well as via virtual platform. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions only members of the Commission may attend the meeting in person.
Local drug strategies and policies
ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar focused on prevention and treatment strategies in the use of psychoactive substancesThe webinar will take place on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 12:00hrs (Argentina time). December 4...