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Artificial Intelligence in Addiction: Challenges and Opportunities

Scientific article
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The article explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is currently used — and could be used — in the field of addiction research and treatment. The authors note that AI (machine learning, data mining, predictive analytics) offers...

Substance Use Prediction Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques

Scientific article
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The study examines whether artificial intelligence can reliably predict the use of specific substances in Finland, including cannabis, ecstasy, amphetamine, cocaine and non-prescribed medicines. Using data from the 2022 Finnish National...

European Drugs Summer School 2026

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Lisbon
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Portugal

Held in Lisbon, this face-to-face two-week course places special focus on 'A whole-of-society approach to drugs', examining how communities, professionals, policymakers and people who use substances and their families can move from awareness to effective action.

Personal Impacts of Substance Use

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The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) transforms complex data into insights that reflect real human experiences. Every aspect of the Canadian Substance Use Cost and Harms (CSUCH) project represents individuals with lived...
CCSA

World Drug Report 2025

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Online

The VNGOC together with the UNODC Civil Society Unit and the UNODC Research and Analysis Branch will be holding a webinar on 4 September 2025 3PM to 4.30PM to present and discuss the World Drug Report 2025, which was launched on 26 June. (https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/world-drug-report-2025.html)

Opening:

Billy Batware, UNODC Civil Society Unit