Cross-Party Group on Alcohol and Drugs Next Meeting to Focus on ‘Street Valium’
The Cross Party Group on Alcohol and Drugs will host their Annual General Meeting in the Scottish Parliament on the 26th of February 2019.
Practice
Confluence of Suicide and Drug Overdose Epidemics in Young Australian Males
Young adult males experience higher mortality than females, and in age groups immediately younger and older, and with considerable variation in death rates over time. Trends in mortality and the causal structure of deaths among young adult Australian males over 1979–2011 are investigated, with a focus on suicide and drug overdose.
Xchange Prevention Registry
Xchange is an online registry of evidence-based prevention programmes. In its first phase, the registry will make available manualised interventions that European evaluation studies show have beneficial outcomes relating to substance use...
Claremont’s UPC Media Summer Institute Programme
Claremont Graduate University is offering one of the leading certificate programs for the advanced study of Media-Based Prevention Science.
Magnitude of Substance Use in India
The National Survey assesses the extent and patterns of substance use in India.
National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program
Wastewater analysis is widely applied internationally as a tool to measure and interpret drug use within national populations, with the current national program in Australia representing world best practice. The National Wastewater Drug...
Faculty of Addictions Psychiatry Annual Conference 2019
The Faculty of Addictions Psychiatry Annual Conference 2019 will take place 30th April - 1st May.
Highlights of the programme include:
The 2019 Cochrane Colloquium
The 2019 Cochrane Colloquium will take place in Santiago, Chile on 22 - 25 October 2019.
The Cochrane Colloquium is an annual event, bringing people together from around the world to discuss putting research into important global health questions and promoting evidence-informed health care.
National Prevention Week
National Prevention Week is an annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action around, mental and/or substance use disorders.
SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week will take place May 12 through 18, 2019.
Webinar: Multi-Level Prevention Strategies to Address Teen E-Cigarette Use
E-cigarettes are now the most commonly used form of tobacco among youth in the US. As traditional cigarette use among youth has declined, e-cigarette use has steadily increased.