All Resources for 'Media, Advocacy, and Communications original'

The Effects of Psychoactive Substances on Driving

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Book
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Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Policy

The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) has released a new report detailing possible effects of psychoactive prescription drugs while driving. The study was carried out with the effort to inform policy decisions aimed at reducing the...

ATTC White Paper: Preparing Students to Work in Integrated Health Care Systems

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Mental Health
Policy

A recently published White Paper by the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre Newtork (ATTC) starts with the premise that the substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment and recovery workforce is currently undergoing an evolution as a...

Does Plain Packaging Cause a Reduction in the Prevalence of Smoking?

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Prevention
Public Health

Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death worldwide. A recently published Cochraine Review has found that standardised, or plain, tobacco packaging could make tobacco products less appealing and, in turn, lead to a reduction in...

What Is There to Know About Psychosocial Interventions in Drug Treatment?

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Partner Organisation

Psychosocial interventions are psychological or social interventions used to tackle issues related to substance abuse and behavioural addictions. They can be employed to identify and treat problems, as well as to assist with user...

Higher Taxes Needed to Lower Smoking Rates in South Asia

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Prevention
Public Health

New research published in The British Medical Journal supports the need to increase taxes on tobacco products in South Asia, suggesting that doing so could reduce consumption by at least 1/3 and, in turn, avoid around 35 - 45 million...

New Publication: EMCDDA’s Prevention of Addictive Behaviours

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Book
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Addiction
Prevention
Partner Organisation

An updated version of the publication Prevention of Substance Abuse by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is now available in English. Global in scope, it provides an up-to-date review of prevention science...

Global Smoking Rates on Decline Thanks to Demand-Reduction Measures

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Prevention
Public Health

New research published in The Lancet Public Health suggests that global smoking rates have decreased by 2.5% following the introduction of the global tobacco control treaty. The treaty obligates the 180 countries committed to it to...

ISSUP Mexico 2017

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Partner Organisation
At the beginning of April ISSUP’s Deputy Executive Director, Joanna Travis-Roberts, headed to Cancún, Mexico to plan for this year’s Annual ISSUP Workshop.

EMCDDA Treatment Standards and Best Practice

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation
Discover what works (and what doesn't work) in the areas of drug prevention, treatment and social reintegration.