Prevention

Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use. 

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Take-home naloxone

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Opioid overdose deaths can be prevented through timely administration of naloxone, a potent opioid antagonist drug that rapidly reverses the effects of opioid analgesics by binding to the opioid receptors in the central nervous system...

Alcohol Awareness Week 2021

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Alcohol Awareness Week is a week of awareness-raising, campaigning for change, and more. This year's Alcohol Awareness Week takes place from 15-21 November 2021 on the theme of Alcohol and relationships. Alcohol Awareness Week is...

Website on new psychoactive substances NPS-Info.org

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The web resource is divided into five sections: "Substances", "Prevention", "Resources", "Practice" and "Get Help". The Resources section contains videos on HIV prevention among people who use stimulants/NPS. This section also includes...
Website on new psychoactive substances NPS-Info.org

Special Interest Group on the Prevention of Substance Use during the Perinatal Period

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Washington, D.C.
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United States
To foster the exchange of best practices, discuss current research efforts and collaborations, and address challenges and opportunities to advance the field, you are invited to join a Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting on the Prevention of Substance Use during the Perinatal Period.
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Listen First- What the Experts are Saying

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'Listen First' is an initiative to increase support for the prevention of drug use that is based on science and is thus an effective investment in the well-being of children and youth, their families and their communities. Listen First was...

23rd International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Conference

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Rotterdam
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Netherlands

The  International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Conferencebrings together delegates from the areas of public health and safety, traffic, and transport psychology, public health, law, medicine, economics, law enforcement, public policy, education, pharmacology, toxicology, forensic science, human factors, and alcohol intervention and