All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Migrant Communities and the COVID-19 Response in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Refugees
Women
Law Enforcement
Border Control

Migrant communities and the COVID-19 response in sub-Saharan Africa

Ikenna Daniel Molobe1,&, Oluwakemi Ololade Odukoya1,2, Brenda Chukwufunanya Isikekpei3, Flavio Francisco Marsiglia4

 

1Non-Communicable Disease Research Group...

2020 Drugs Act of the Maldives

Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Law

The Maldives Drug Act provides an overview and guidance on the prevention of use and trafficking of drugs.

The publication also provides information for people who are addicted to drugs that will support them in accessing appropriate...

Your Guide to Integrating HCV Services into Opioid Treatment Programs - ATTC Network

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Format
Guide
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Partner Organisation

The opioid epidemic has resulted in significant increases in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs, accounting for 23% of new infections. HCV is completely curable and testing and treatment are the path to cure. Opioid...

Incarceration Impacts Cognitive Performance, and Prisoner Status Matters

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Public Health
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Abstract

Globally, incarceration is understood to impoverish the wellbeing of prisoners, but evidence for its impact on cognitive performance is less popular. As most evidence on the criminal justice system has come from advanced western...

Civil Society Webinar on the 2020 World Drug Report

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Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Data
Partner Organisation

The Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC) and UNODC's civil society team organized a series of webinars to present and discuss the 2020 World Drug Report. The series includes webinars in English, French, Russian and Spanish.

The French...

How to Identify and Respond to an Opioid Overdose

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

Rosie Gilliver from Kirketon Road Centre presented at the 2020 NDARC Webinar Series on Thursday, 16 July 2020. 

This seminar provides information on how to identify and respond to an opioid overdose, as well as how to administer Nyxoid...

Students with disabilities and the Pandemic

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

Students with disabilities, almost forgotten in times of pandemic, need to be included in order to guarantee their right to education.

The pandemic collapsed our routine daily life and opened up the inequality that exists in society, and...

Treatnet Family - Training Packages

Format
Website
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Public Health
Partner Organisation

The Treatnet Family training package was developed as part of the UNODC Treatnet training strategy to support Member States in their efforts to provide evidence-based drug use disorder treatment and care.

Treatnet Family contributes...

Illicit Drug Use and the Genetic Overlap with Cannabis Use

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

Abstract

Background

Poor sleep quality and insomnia have been associated with the use of tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis, but it is unclear if there is a causal link. In this Mendelian Randomization (MR) study we examine if insomnia causes...

Geographic Proximity to Buprenorphine Treatment Providers in the U.S.

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

Abstract

Objective

To combat the growing opioid epidemic, people who use drugs need access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) as part of comprehensive treatment. Despite progress, treatment gaps remain. Our objective was to use...