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Bhutan is recognised for its development philosophy of Gross National Happiness, which places the well-being of people above gross domestic product. However, over the last few years, the number of patients with mental disorder seeking help...
In partnership with the National Governors’ Association and Milbank Memorial Fund, the Center for Evidence-based Policy has created CLOUD: Curated Library about Opioid Use for Decision-makers.
CLOUD's mission is to curate high quality...
Opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the U.S. has been steadily increasing over the last two decades. In 2017 alone, 2.1 million Americans suffered from opioid use disorder (OUD), and 47,600 died from opioid overdose.
Predictably, the...
This technical report focuses on an elimination barometer for viral hepatitis to help countries assess progress towards eliminating hepatitis C and B among people who inject drugs (PWID).
The barometer is being developed by the EMCDDA...
The health ministry of India has proposed a ban on the production and import of electronic cigarettes.
The ministry is concerned the use of e-cigarettes will become an "epidemic" among children and young adults and therefore banning the...
In terms of global alcohol consumption, Russia has been consistently considered one of the countries with the highest track record of heavy drinking.
However, recent figure have found Russian alcohol consumption has decreased by 43% from...
This week the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released the European Prevention Curriculum - a handbook designed for decision, opinion and policy makers in science-based prevention of substance use. The...
The life cycle of a cigarette takes a heavy toll
on the environment from growing the tobacco plant to the disposal of butts and packaging.
Although the ecological impacts of tobacco are overshadowed by its devastating effects on human...
Alcohol Change UK has gathered statistics related to alcohol consumption in the 
United Kingdom.
The report provides information on:
Some key...
In Classification of Drugs: when science was left behind, the Global Commission on Drug Policy explains how the historical classification of psychoactive substances has contributed to the "world drug problem".
It is the first-ever...
یورپی ڈرگ پریوینشن کوالٹی اسٹینڈرڈز کو معیار کا ایک جامع سیٹ فراہم کرنے کے لئے قائم کیا گیا ہے 
تاکہ صارفین کو 'اعلی معیار' کی روک تھام کی سرگرمیوں کو پہچاننے، اعلی معیار کی روک تھام کے ضروری ساختی اور طریقہ کار کے پہلوؤں کا خاکہ پیش کرنے،...
The European Drug Prevention Quality Standards have been established to provide a 
comprehensive set of criteria to help users learn how to recognise 'high quality' prevention activities, outline the necessary structurally and procedural...
This year's conference theme, Why Context Matters: Towards a Place-Based Prevention Science, challenges prevention scientists to explicitly recognize the central role that geographical concepts such as location, distance, distribution...
The International Program and the Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will host the 13th Annual NIDA International SPR Poster Session at the SPR 28th Annual Meeting in...
The CDPE has conducted an international cross-comparison of illegal drug policies to create an online tool – the Drug Policy Metrics Map.
The map demonstrates the alignment and gaps between the metrics that countries use to assess the...
Alcohol remains one of the most commonly used psychoactive substances in Europe. Despite being a major risk factor for burden of disease, with substantial impacts not only on individual drinkers but also on the broader society, alcohol...
SHAAP and Eurocare have published a summary report covering the discussions that took place during the 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference (8EAPC) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Scotland, on 20th and 21st November 2018...
ہیلتھ ریسرچ بورڈ نیشنل ڈرگز لائبریری نے ایک نئی فیکٹ شیٹ شائع کی ہے جس میں آئرلینڈ میں علاج، پھیلاؤ اور اموات کے بارے میں معلومات شامل ہیں۔
فیکٹ شیٹ کا احاطہ کرتا ہے:
Research suggests methamphetamine use is higher amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders compared to non-Indigenous Australians.
The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the key information on the use of...
حالیہ برسوں میں، تمباکو کی وبا کی شدت اور رفتار زیادہ آمدنی والے ممالک سے کم اور درمیانی آمدنی والے ممالک میں منتقل ہوگئی ہے اور اسی طرح تمباکو کی صنعت کی مارکیٹنگ کی کوششیں اور حکمت عملی بھی بدل گئی ہے۔
تحقیق سے پتہ چلتا ہے کہ سب صحارا...