All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Association of Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Drinking and Smoking With the Risk of Stillbirth

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Addiction
Populations
Women
Public Health
Abstract

Importance  Prenatal smoking is a known modifiable risk factor for stillbirth; however, the contribution of prenatal drinking or the combination of smoking and drinking is uncertain.

Objective  To examine whether prenatal...

Cross-sectional online survey of the impact of new tobacco health warnings in Colombia

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Data
Abstract

Objectives This study aimed to explore the impact of a new set of six pictorial warnings introduced in 2018.

Design and setting Using a cross-sectional design, we examined awareness of the new warnings among Colombian smokers...

New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Webinar Series

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy

Various NPS have significantly changed the picture of drug use in different countries. They are now very prominent in the drug market. Indeed, many of these substances are intended to circumvent drug laws and are sold as ‘legal’...

Efficacy and Safety of Varenicline for Smoking Cessation in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Abstract

Importance  Evidence of effective smoking cessation interventions in patients with diabetes is limited. The unique behavioral and metabolic characteristics of smokers with type 2 diabetes warrants a randomized clinical trial of...

Introducing Training of Trainers (ToT) on Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Advance course 9-15 in Pakistan

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News
Themes
Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

The country office Pakistan of “United Nation Office on Drug & Crime” (UNODC) is happy to offer the Training of Trainers (ToT) on Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Advance course 9-15. We are inviting the application for ToT on following...

Jamaica to update national drug policy

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Law Enforcement
Partner Organisation
National Security Minister, Dr Horace Chang, says the Government is taking the necessary steps to implement an updated National Policy and Plan of Action for Drug Control

New psychoactive substances: A review and updates

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Format
Scientific article
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Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Policy

New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a diverse group of substances that are linked with a number of health and social harms on an individual and societal level. NPS toxicity and dependence syndromes are recognised in primary care...

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Policy

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health is a new international journal devoted to the rapid publication of authoritative papers on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), Addiction and associated health phenomena.

The Journal has a...

Novel Psychoactive Substances: Policy, Economics and Drug Regulation

Format
Book
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

In light of the recent emergence of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) on a global scale, this book provides a timely analysis of the social and economic impact of the NPS phenomenon, and of the global policy and regulatory responses to it...