DARC Webinar - 8 December 2021 - Queer & Bi-Sexualities and Alcohol Misuse
Booking is now open for the DARC Lunchtime Webinar on Wednesday 8 December 2021 1230-1330 hours UK time.
Addiction
Alcohol and illicit drug use among young people living with HIV compared to their uninfected peers from the Kenyan coast: prevalence and risk indicators
There is a scarcity of research on drug use patterns among HIV-positive young individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa (YLWH). To fill the gap, the following was set out: compare the prevalence of substance use, specifically alcohol and illicit...
Strategies Adopted by Addiction Facilities during the Coronavirus Pandemic to Support Treatment for Individuals in Recovery or Struggling with a Substance Use Disorder: A Scoping Review
This review aimed to identify and synthesize strategies and actions adopted by addiction facilities to support and maintain treatment during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week®
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week ® will be held March 21-27, 2022. Registration opens on November 1, 2021. Join NIDA for NDAFW and help share facts about drugs, alcohol, and addiction in your community. Sign up for the latest news...
LxAddictions22: Global addictions
Lisbon Addictions is a multidisciplinary conference that provides a forum for networking across addictions. Submission of abstracts Potential contributors are invited to submit abstracts for the following main areas/thematic tracks: Global...
Trauma and Addiction Recovery: How to Work with Couples
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 3:00-5:00pm ET
We know that relationships impacted by addiction have divorce rates four times higher than average. Even after beginning recovery, relationships are still at risk. Trauma history is likely to play a key reason. Partners impacted by addiction often have a long history of trauma that may precede their relationship.
Two new tobacco cessation medicines added to the WHO essential medicines list
Every two years, the World Health Organization (WHO) publishes its Model List of Essential Medicines (EML), a collection of medicines considered essential by WHO experts. The purpose of the list is to guide national authorities on the type...
Lived experience and the substance misuse treatment system
At a time of significant opportunity to renew the treatment and recovery field and the people it supports, this webinar will ask the critical question:
How can we all support the full range of lived experience leadership and expertise to thrive in the treatment and recovery system?
CND Special Event, Launch of the UNODC Synthetic Drug Strategy 2021-2025
A special event of the sixty-fourth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, will be held on Friday, 19 November 2021, from 12 noon to 1 p.m., Vienna Time (CEST) online and at the Vienna International Centre.
During this event, the UNODC Synthetic Drug Strategy 2021-2025 will be launched.
National Trauma and Substance Use: Lessons learned from the Lebanese Crisis
ISSUP Lebanon are pleased to present their Webinar on National Trauma and Substance Use: Lessons learned from the Lebanese Crisis.