Practice

Variations in risks from smoking between high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries

Scientific article

1 February 2022

Tobacco use is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, over 20 different types or subtypes of cancer, and many other health conditions 1. In this study, the researchers explored the variation in risk from current...

Alcohol and the Environment

Video and audio recordings

The Institute of Alcohol Studies presents Seminar Two in its four-part series on alcohol and sustainability. Seminar Two looks at the impact the production, packaging and distribution of alcohol has on both the local and global environment...

Alcohol industry sustainability commitments

Video and audio recordings

The Institute of Alcohol Studies presents Seminar Three in its four-part series on alcohol and sustainability. Seminar Three explores the voluntary commitments on sustainability made by alcohol producers, examining pledges in the wider...

Marketing and Consumption of No and Low Alcohol Drinks in the UK

Video and audio recordings

With NoLo products increasing in popularity among producers and customers, a new report looks at how these drinks are marketed in the UK and how and why consumers drink them. Using interviews with drinkers and non-drinkers, as well as...

EMCDDA launches PLATO e-learning platform and virtual community of practice

News

PLATO, a multilingual integrated platform, is designed to facilitate online training, e-learning and discussion through a virtual community of practice (VCP). At present, PLATO hosts the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC), a programme...

Tackling drug dependence and improving delivery of services - assessing the independent review of drugs and the UK Government’s Strategy

9 February 2022

Online

United Kingdom

This conference will examine policy priorities for tackling drug dependence and is a timely opportunity to discuss the long-term strategy that the UK Government unveiled in early December.

Take-Home Naloxone and the Prevention of Deaths from Heroin Overdose

Scientific article

Naloxone is a drug that can reverse the effects of opioid drugs like heroin, methadone, opium, codeine, morphine and buprenorphine, and is an important aid in preventing drug-related deaths. Overdose deaths are often witnessed and can be...

The ASAM 53rd Annual Conference - Innovations in Addiction Medicine and Science

31 March 2022

Hollywood

United States

The ASAM 53rd Annual Conference begins at 5:30 pm on Thursday, March 31, 2022, with an opening welcome reception. The conference concludes at noon on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Please note the pre-conference offerings take place on Thursday, March 31, 2022.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the conference, participants should be able to:

Addiction Conference 2021 Report

News

The ADDICTION 2021 ONLINE CONFERENCE, conducted from July 21 to 23, 2021, was the largest centrally controlled addiction treatment effort on the African continent. Thanks to the exceptional material and conversations, as well as the technological breakthroughs demonstrated by our usage of an exciting new online platform, the conference was described as world-class, ground-breaking, and inventive.

The 24th International AIDS Conference

29 July 2022

Montreal

Canada

The 24th International AIDS Conference will take place 29th July- 2nd of August.

Taking place in person in Montreal, Canada, as well as virtually, AIDS 2022 will call on the world to come together to re-engage and follow the science.

It will define future research agendas, shift latest evidence to action, and chart a new consensus on overcoming the HIV epidemic as a threat to public health and individual well-being.