All Resources for 'Law Enforcement & Supply Reduction'

Spanish Project of Best Practice Portal in Drug Demand Reduction and Behavioural Addictions

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION: In Spain, the offer of prevention programmes is very varied and structured, but today the challenge remains how to put evidence into practice. European Commission define a best practice as “a relevant policy or intervention...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

The Implementation of Quality Standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community

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Scientific article
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Quality Assurance
Policy
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND: Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.

METHODS: A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach

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Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance
Mental Health

The guide specifically focuses on tools and strategies for implementing a trauma-informed approach. This guide highlights the need for organizational assessment of readiness and capacity before implementing trauma-informed approach and...

The ASPIRE Standards: Taking a Step Towards Quality Assurance in Drug Prevention in France – A Case Study

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Prevention
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION: In the favourable political climate of the mid-2010s, the standards for Assessment & Selection of Prevention programmes Issued from the Review of EDPQS (ASPIRE) were developed to support project planning in drug prevention.

M...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders

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Scientific article
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Quality Assurance
Treatment
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

Association Between Daily Alcohol Intake and Risk of All-Cause Mortality A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women
Quality Assurance
Abstract

Importance  A previous meta-analysis of the association between alcohol use and all-cause mortality found no statistically significant reductions in mortality risk at low levels of consumption compared with lifetime nondrinkers...

Highlights from the 2023 UNODC World Drug Report

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Statistics
Supply & Market Disruption
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Partner Organisation
ISSUP are pleased to present our Webinar on highlights from the 2023 edition of the UNODC World Drug Report.

MPSP speaks out against the decriminalization of drug possession for personal consumption

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Dr. Mario Luiz Sarrubbo, Attorney General of the State of São Paulo, filed a memorial with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) with the position of the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office on the agenda that deals with the possible...

The Role of Law Enforcement Officers in Drug Use Prevention within School Settings A Guiding Document

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Format
Book
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Partner Organisation

In the context of law enforcement, the UNODC has developed a guiding document to help support a change of culture on how to make use of the science of prevention for the betterment of the health and safety development of youth.

The UNODC...

WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) Information Repository

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Website
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Public Health
Policy
Data
On Thursday, June 1st, the WHO launched the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) Information Repository, which provides health professionals and drug policy experts with a single searchable database to freely access all technical reports on over 450 substances reviewed by the ECDD.