Policy

Alcohol Evidence in Policy & Practice 2019: 6th Annual Course for Practitioners, Policymakers, Advocates & Researchers

19 November 2019

Edinburgh

This year’s course will feature inputs from Prof. Annie Britton from University College London, Prof. Mark Petticrew from LSHTM, and Dr. Mark Robinson from NHS Health Scotland, as well as Colin Angus (University of Sheffield), Prof. Carol Emslie (Glasgow Caledonian University), Dr. Nathan Critchlow (University of Stirling), Colin Shevills (Balance North East) and Katherine Severi (Institute of Alcohol Studies).

Drug-related Deaths in Scotland

Book

16 July 2019

This report, published by the National Records of Scotland, provides statistics of drug-related deaths in 2018 and earlier years, broken down by age, sex, selected drugs reported, the underlying cause of death and NHS board and council...

World Drug Report 2019

Book

26 June 2019

The World Drug Report aims at improving the understanding of the world drug problem and contributing towards fostering greater international cooperation for countering its impact on health, governance and security. The World Drug Report...

ASH Fact Sheet: Use of E-Cigarettes among Young People in Great Britain

Book

This fact sheet uses the ASH smokefree GB survey of 11-18-year-olds 2013-2019, and other sources, to examine evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain in the context of changes in the regulation of e-cigarettes, and use of tobacco among...

UNODC Training for LAO PDR Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

News

More than 27 Laotian policymakers from the Narcotic Control and Supervision Bureau, Vientiane Narcotic Control and Supervision Bureau, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Public Security, Civil Society Organisations, treatment centres and other...

Policymakers and national stakeholders from relevant sectors at UNODC's training on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

UNODC Training on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders with more than 60 Cambodian Policymakers

News

More than 60 policy-makers participated at UNODC Workshop on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders for Policy Makers in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 12 to 14 June 2019. This high-level workshop was inaugurated by H.E Prof...

Substance Use Policy - Where Are We Now?

15 July 2019

Manchester

United Kingdom

The Substance Use and Associated Behaviours (SUAB) research group at Manchester Metropolitan University invites you to the third Free SUAB Seminar focused on Policy and Substance Use.

With keynote speakers:

Substance Use Prevention for Adolescents: The Icelandic Model

Scientific article

11 December 2008

Back in the 1990s, results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) highlighted concerning levels of adolescent substance use in Iceland. Since the publication of the ESPAD results, Icelandic authorities...

European Drug Report (EDR) 2019: Trends and Developments

Book

6 June 2019

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has published the latest European Drug Report, which provides an analysis of the latest data on the drug trends across the European Union, Norway and Turkey. The aim of...

Alcohol Country Fact Sheets

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

The 30 country fact sheets for EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland present data on consumption, consequence, and policy implementation for the year 2016, aiming to give guidance to national decision-makers for further priority-setting in the field of alcohol and public health.