The MCA Alcohol and Covid Free Webinar took place at 12.30pm on Wednesday 11 November 2020 in the UK.
The next MCA Annual Symposium is on the theme of 'Interventions & Recovery' on 17 November 2021 at the British Medical Association...
Reitox is the European information network on drugs and drug addiction created at the same time as the EMCDDA.
Members of the Reitox network are designated national institutions or agencies responsible for data collection and reporting...
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...
"International standards of treatment of disorders related to the use of narcotic substances"
(hereinafter referred to as the Standards) is the result of joint work of the UNC and WHO aimed at providing support to member states in the...
Our recently released short video, The Impact of Drugs in the Workplace, is now available in Spanish!
Our recently released The Environmental Impact of Drugs... Know the Truth short animated video is now available in Spanish!
Our recently released Protective Factors video is now available in Spanish!
Online regional training for trainers (ToT) on Course 10 “Managing Medication-Assisted Treatment Programs” (30 November – 3 December 2020) of the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders (UTC training...
Our new Alternatives to Incarceration short video is now available in Spanish!
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'Listen First’ (Ouça primeiro) é uma iniciativa para aumentar o apoio à prevenção do uso de drogas que se baseia na ciência e é, portanto, um investimento eficaz no bem-estar de crianças e jovens, suas famílias e suas...
ENGLAND’S HEALTH CARE GATEKEEPER ENDORSES MUTUAL AID
Taking a leap away from its comfort zone, England’s gatekeeper to the public provision of health and social care embraced non-professional and unregulated interventions in the form of...
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...
On December 2, 2020, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ecuador, participated in the 'First Meeting of Experts in Prevention of Integral Addiction' organized by the Metropolitan Health Secretariat, through the Comprehensive...
As covid-19 becomes the "new reality" and the number of positive cases, although not as high as the last, we must remain vigilant, especially when it comes to those who are most vulnerable to possible negative consequences.
The statement...
As COVID-19 becomes a “new norm” and the number of positive cases is not as high as it used to be, we still need to stay alert especially when it comes to those who are the most vulnerable to the possible negative consequences.
The...
As part of the 63rd CND session, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) took a number of decisions leading to changes in the way cannabis is internationally regulated.
One of the key decisions included its reclassification out of the...
Policies that allow for alternatives to incarceration are a way to link individuals with substance use disorders to supportive treatment and social services. This proven approach increases the number of people in long term recovery and...
The Effectiveness Bank features a collection of 45 hot topics – essays written by Drug and Alcohol Findings explaining the background and evidence relating to topics which sometimes prompt heated debate.
They are a popular way to get up...
