The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
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.
Alcohol marketing research and policy in Ireland
AcoRN Webinar: Alcohol Marketing Research and Policy in Ireland
Queer and bi sexualities and alcohol mis/use
This discussant based presentation session will use qualitative research findings from two studies, each unpacking the "LGBTQ":
Amy's presentation explores alcohol and substance use focusing on bisexual identities:
Lisa uses a small subgroup of young women and gender diverse people to explore sexuality, gender expression, and growing up post-disaster, and the role alcohol can play.
Impact of Cannabis Legalization on Youth Contact with the Criminal Justice System
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) provided funding to Dr. Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Dr. Scot Wortley from the University of Toronto to research youth interactions with the criminal justice system, including the nature...
Lifelong consequences of prenatal drug exposure
This webinar explored the issues of infants withdrawing from maternal drugs of addiction, and problems beyond the newborn period. Newborn drug withdrawal is often attributed to maternal opioids, but many other drugs can cause serious...
Smoking and drinking- Selected articles from the journal of alcohol and alcoholism
The featured articles investigate the association of smoking products and alcohol consumption, identify causes and influences, and explore therapeutic avenues and cessation interventions. Free to access until 31 January! Articles Targeting...
Study: Combined treatments are the most effective to stop smoking
This is a study, led by the University of Bristol, and published in Addiction Journal. It was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the research partner of the NHS, public health and social care. The most effective...
Biographic Burden and Initiation into the Use of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants from the Perspective of Users: The Qualitative Arm of the ATTUNE Research Study in the Czech Republic
BACKGROUND: The Czech Republic has a long tradition of methamphetamine use. Less is known about the circumstances of initiation into its use at the level of individual users. The aim of the research was to analyse the biographic burden...
Trends in healthcare expenditures and resource utilization among a nationally representative population with opioids in the United States: a serial cross-sectional study, 2008 to 2017
One of the most serious public health concerns in recent decades has been the opioid epidemic in the United States (US). Over 9.9 million Americans aged 12 and up abused prescription pain drugs in 2018, and roughly 2 million Americans were...
ISSUP Nigeria Conference
ISSUP Nigeria Chapter has scheduled her Annual Conference/General Meeting for Tuesday the 26th of October 2021.
Panelists:
Dr Ngozi Madubuike
Professor Michael Exenwa
Ambassador Christogonus C. Ibe
Dr Bassey Edet
Guest Speakers:
Professor Michael Ezenwa
Dr Musa Shehu Dan Daura
