Addiction

2022 NDARC Annual Research Symposium

20 September 2022

Online

Registration is now open for the 2022 NDARC Annual Research Symposium. The Symposium will showcase the work of leading national and international researchers in the alcohol and other drugs sector and related fields.

Understanding Stigma and Cognitive Behavioural Interpersonal Skills- PAHO's online self-learning and tutor-guided course

News

The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), jointly with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, will hold a new online self-learning and tutor-guided course " Understanding Stigma and Cognitive Behavioral Interpersonal Skills" from August...

Review of a decade of drug policy: Progress and Challenges

Book

Introduction According to the latest World Drug Report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the year 2022, around 284 million people between the ages of 15 and 64 used drugs.

South African Addiction Medicine Society Symposium

20 August 2022

Johannesburg

South Africa

Pre-symposium workshop: Medical management of opioid use disorders — Friday, August 19. Main programme consisting of 5 plenary sessions — Saturday, August 20.

WHO stakeholder survey on improving access to morphine for medical use

News

WHO launched a survey on assessing barriers, enablers, and pirority actions for improving access to morphine for medical use. All Civil Society Organisation can contribute by filling out the survey before 31 August 2022. The survey is...

Third European Conference on Healthcare in Prison

21 November 2022

Lisbon

Portugal

Date: 21-22 November
Location: LxAddictions conference site

Health Without Barriers — the European Federation for Prison Health — is organising its Third European Conference on Healthcare in Prison in Lisbon in the margins of Lisbon Addictions 2022.

Final conference of the AlHaMBRA Project

21 November 2022

Lisbon

Portugal

Date: 21-22 November 2022

Location: LxAddictions conference site

The final conference of the AlHaMBRA Project (Alcohol Harm Measuring and Building Capacity for Policy Response and Action) will take place from 21-22 November 2022.

Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs

Scientific article

15 July 2022

Background In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly. At...

The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis

Scientific article

21 July 2022

Background Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...

Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria

Scientific article

27 June 2022

Paper presented at the commemoration of the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.

ISSUP Martin Agwogie Nigeria Paper Prevention