Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
GISA to Commence Online UPC Training in Nigeria
Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) will on July 20th, 2020 commence online dissemination of the Universal Prevention Curriculum for substance use disorders in Nigeria. More! https://gisainitiative.org
Video: Drug Prevention: Challenges and Experiences in Times of Pandemic
The Addiction Unit of the University Psychiatric Clinic, belonging to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile and the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile presented a seminar on prevention of drug use: challenges and experiences in times of pandemic.
Alcohol, MDMA and cannabis use: Impact on the adolescent brain
This webinar is for teachers, school staff, parents and others who are interested in understanding the effect of drugs on adolescent brain. It explores the development of adolescent brain and how this process is interrupted by the use of...
Building the Capacity of the Prevention Workforce Worldwide
Zili Sloboda presents on the international effort to create a substance use prevention workforce.
Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance Factsheet
Drug overdoses have dramatically increased over the last two decades, and deaths from overdose have increased sharply since 2013. In 2016, more than 63,000 Americans died from drug overdoses. Of those overdose deaths, around 2 in 3 have...
Investing in Prevention: Standards and Innovation in Economic Evaluation
In this presentation, Dr. Crowley discusses key standards for economic evaluation as identified by a number of convergent efforts. In particular, the video discusses important role of administrative records for mapping the costs and...
Prevention of Prescription Drug Misuse Among the Latino Community
Prescription drugs have become an integral player in today’s opioid epidemic, but they had already been negatively impacting Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States. This webinar described how, utilizing the Strategic...
Flattening the Curve of Substance Use Harms
Initial research points to a shift in people’s use of drugs and alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now more than ever, young people and schools need access to evidence based resources promoting healthy habits and preventing problematic drug and alcohol use from an early age.
Current Alcohol Labelling Practice in Europe
ABSTRACT The WHO European Region has the highest levels of alcohol consumption per capita in the world, yet alcohol labelling, a WHO-recommended practice that provides consumer information on the ingredients, nutritional values and harms of...
Parental Supply of Alcohol Cohort: A 10-year follow-up
Event description
Parents are the major supplier of alcohol to adolescents. The Australian Parental Supply of Alcohol Longitudinal Study (APSALS) was established at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, to explore whether this practice leads to more moderated drinking, or to greater alcohol consumption amongst adolescents.
