Prevention

Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.

Opioid overdose information page

Book

Worldwide, about 500 000 deaths are attributable to drug use. More than 70% of these deaths are related to opioids, with more than 30% of those deaths caused by overdose. This information page, put together by the World Health Organisation...

Let’s Talk Overdose: The Hidden Pandemic and How to Stop It

Video and audio recordings

In June 2021, the University of British Colombia Addictions and Concurrent Disorders Research Group hosted an online conference entitled Let’s Talk Overdose: The Hidden Pandemic and How to Stop It. Here, you can find the conference...

Substance use and the workplace: Supporting employers and employees in the trades

Website

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction partnered with Health Canada to produce Substance Use and the Workplace: Supporting Employers and Employees in the Trades. This collection of resources contains links from more than 30...

Community-based prevention implementation system in Uganda

News

Uganda is one of the countries in East Africa with an outdated policy on substance use and abuse. The World Health Organization highlights Uganda as a country with hazardous drinking patterns due to the high prevalence of alcohol...

Building an effective community team and assessing community needs

News

In Uganda for any substance use prevention to yield positive outcomes, it should be backed by facts on community readiness. Interventions such as “Community That Care’’ (CTC) is one example of the evidence-based model that uses a proven...

Screening & Brief Intervention Practice for Youth Substance Use Prevention & Wellness

9 September 2021

St. Augustine/Florida

United States

Objectives:

Youth Wellness & Risk Behavior Connections: Part II: Violence, Safety & Other Health Behaviors

2 September 2021

ST AUGUSTINE, Florida

United States

Objectives:

Seminar Adapting the Icelandic Model for the Prevention of Drug Use: progress three years after its implementation

Video and audio recordings

31 August 2021

This seminar, aimed at technicians and professionals working in the field of substance use, seeks to share the results and experience of adaptation and implementation of the Icelandic model of prevention in 6 Chilean communes, in addition to addressing the challenges of considering this model as a public policy.

Seminar on Adaptation of the Icelandic Model for the Prevention of Drug Use: progress three years after its implementation

31 August 2021

Santiago

Chile

This seminar, aimed at technicians and professionals who work in the field of substance use, seeks to share the results and the experience of adaptation and implementation of the Icelandic prevention model in 6 Chilean communes, in addition to addressing the challenges of considering this model as a public policy.

Trust in Your Gut – Clinical Applications of Polyvagal Theory in Therapy and Relapse Prevention

25 August 2021

Online

Description: The Polyvagal Theory of Stephen Porges, PhD, has been with us for 25 years, but the practical application to therapy has been slow to develop.