Practice

How Do We Tackle the Opioid Epidemic?

Scientific article

1 June 2017

The over-prescription of opioids is a significant public health issue in the United States. For example, opioids are often prescribed for minor injuries unnecessarily. This, in turn, increases the risk of addiction. New research presented...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: What If the Therapist ... Is Also the Jailer?

Book

31 May 2017

A cell in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. In an extreme form, the title poses the dilemma for alcohol treatment staff who may also be (seen as) working for authorities whose main role is to control or punish the ‘client’ or who may be...

5th Annual NFAR Technology Summit: Implementing Technology to Improve SUD Services

26 July 2017

Reno

United States

The goal of the 2017 NFAR (National Frontier & Rural) Technology Summit is for attendees to gain usable skills and knowledge related to how technology can expand and enhance

ATTC White Paper: Preparing Students to Work in Integrated Health Care Systems

Book

9 May 2017

A recently published White Paper by the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre Newtork (ATTC) starts with the premise that the substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment and recovery workforce is currently undergoing an evolution as a...

The Effects of Psychoactive Substances on Driving

Book

9 May 2017

The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) has released a new report detailing possible effects of psychoactive prescription drugs while driving. The study was carried out with the effort to inform policy decisions aimed at reducing the...

EMCDDA Treatment Standards and Best Practice

News

Discover what works (and what doesn't work) in the areas of drug prevention, treatment and social reintegration.

The National Cannabis Summit: Science, Policy and Best Practices

28 August 2017

Denver

United States

The National Cannabis Summit: Science, Policy and Best Practices will be held August 28-30, 2017, at the Grand Hyatt Denver, in Denver, Colorado.

The summit will look at how changing cannabis policy and norms impact:

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Managing the Talking Route to Recovery

Book

22 March 2017

Fortnightly instalment of online course on alcohol treatment research starts with a study which concluded that “leaders have a cascading impact on their staff in ways other than through mandate”. Findings that post-training ‘coaching’ is...

Quality of Behavioural Drug Treatment Implementation Dictates its Success

Scientific article

21 March 2017

Contingency management (CM) is a widely used behavioural therapy for substance use disorders. It offers material rewards for attending sessions and adhering to prescribed medication courses, amongst other positive behaviours. A study...

61st Regular Session of CICAD

24 April 2017

Washington DC

United States

The sixty-first regular session of the Inter-American