Public health

The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.

Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) Report

Book

The Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) monitoring report 2019 presents all the latest available data on key alcohol indicators in Scotland.

Changing the Narrative

Website

Changing The Narrative is a network of reporters, researchers, academics, and advocates concerned about the way media represents drug use and addiction.

Alcohol Use and Breast Cancer Risk

Scientific article

30 April 2019

Despite the clear associations between alcohol consumption and breast cancer, public awareness of this issue is low.

Infographics: European Drug Report 2019

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

EMCDDA has developed a range of downloadable infographics to illustrate findings from the European Drug Report 2019. The aim of the report is to provide reliable and detailed evidence of the drug situation in Europes so that practice and...

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.

3rd International Conference on Addiction Research and Therapy

23 March 2020

Amsterdam

3rd International Conference on Addiction Research and Therapy is designed under the theme “An understandable look at the dilemma of

Webinar: WHO- Integrating NCD care with pre-conception and maternal health services

29 May 2019

Webinar

Learn why integrating NCD care with reproductive & maternal health services is crucial in responding to the global issue of women and NCDs

Time: May 29, 1pm BST.

Alcohol and NCDs – Harm and Solutions: Factsheet

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

IOGT International has released a new factsheet to illustrate how alcohol fuels the global NCDs tsunami – based on the latest scientific evidence – and to outline cost-effective solutions for change.