Prevention

UNODC realiza treinamento sobre uso de substâncias psicoativas para formuladores de políticas

News

O Escritório das Nações Unidas sobre Drogas e Crime (UNODC), deu início na segunda-feira (21), à capacitação sobre natureza, prevenção e tratamento de transtornos relacionados ao uso de drogas, em uma reunião fechada para autoridades, em...

UNODC Training for Uruguayan Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

News

A policy maker training on the nature, prevention and treatment of drug use disorders was organized for 50 participants in coordination with the National Board of Drugs (Uruguay), the UNODC Country Office in Peru and Ecuador, and the UNODC...

Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting

26 May 2020

Washington, DC

United States

The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 28th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC, May 26 – May 29, 2020.

The theme for this year's event is “Why Context Matters: Towards a Place-Based Prevention Science.”

Enhanced Knowledge of Indonesian Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

News

30 policymakers from the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs, the National Narcotics Board (BNN), the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, the Ministry of Interior, and other entities participated in a three-day workshop...

Free Webinar: Practical Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention

Video and audio recordings

12 October 2019

Webinar Objectives: Examine evidence-based & evidence-informed substance use Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) screening & brief interventions List differences between typical substance use prevention and Prevention Plus Wellness programs...

Free Webinar: Brief Interventions for Preventing Youth Alcohol, Marijuana and E-cigarette Use

Video and audio recordings

11 October 2019

Webinar Objectives: Identify models of brief intervention for preventing substance use among youth List evidence-based brief interventions for preventing youth and young adult substance use Explore evidence and resources supporting the use...

Planet Youth Conference

4 March 2020

Reykjavik

Iceland

Planet Youth's next conference will be held on the 4th to 6th of March 2020.

Participants will be provided with an extensive overview of the Planet Youth methodology introduced by the employees of ICSRA.

European Prevention Curriculum

Book

24 September 2019

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 European Drug Prevention Quality Standards Toolkits

Website

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...

National Drugs Forum 2019

5 November 2019

Dublin

Ireland

The Health Research Board and the Department of Health will host the 2nd annual National Drugs Forum in Croke Park on 5th of November.

The theme of the forum is Inclusion Health: Responding to the complex health needs of people who use drugs.