All Resources for 'Education & Training'
Sociodemographic differences between inhalable users, other drug users and non-consumer teens in a Mexican student sample
Summary
Introduction: Inhalables such as glue, thinner and other petroleum derivatives are one of the most widely used groups of substances among the Mexican adolescent population. Recent studies have shown that, along with marijuana...
Tobacco use in adolescents and young people in Mexico who do not study and do not work
Summary
Introduction: Lack of study or work opportunities increases the vulnerability of young people, who in the face of instability can start using tobacco or other addictive substances.
Objective: Analyze what tobacco use is like among...
Collision of the COVID-19 and Addiction Epidemics
Coronavirus is one of the most significant public health challenges we have faced in the past 100 years. Everyone is effected. However, the strain is particularly great for those working on the front line to detect and treat people who have...
Viruses and Places of Detention
The nature of places of detention is that they are constructed to maximize public safety.
This is highly likely to lead to people living in very close proximity of each other in often overcrowded conditions, which increases the...
COVID-19 and addictive substances
Drugs in the time of COVID-19
Mag. Geraldine González Willim, specialist in addiction at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va, USA
The low perception of risks to the use of addictive substances causes many people to ignore their...
COVID-19 Reduces Drug Supply, Increases Patients Seeking Treatment in India
In the Indian state of Punjab, more than 26,000 patients have registered for substance use disorder treatment during the COVID-19 lock down. Additionally, the state government has launched mobile vans to provide medication assisted...
UTC 5 Training, Refresher Course and ICAP 1 Exam Held in Tunisia
To promote evidence-based interventions in the treatment of drug use disorders, the UNODC Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) supported the final training session on admission, screening, evaluation, treatment planning...
COVID-19: The Global Pan(dem)ic and Reflections on a Prevention Science Response
The spread of COVID-19 is causing unprecedented damage throughout the world, from which the lasting impact will be evident for many years to come.
It is vital that preventative efforts are put in place in order to minimise the damage and...
