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Gender, employment, and continuous pandemic as predictors of alcohol and drug consumption during the COVID-19.

Scientific article

1 November 2021

Aims This study aims to assess the impacts of the continuous pandemic state, gender and employment status on changes in substance use during the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods A sample of 828 Israelis participated in an online survey and...

Substances use between early and later stages of the COVID 19 pandemic in Israel

Scientific article

12 August 2021

Aims Only several empirical studies have examined substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic in general populations. Most of these studies compared self-reported substances use before the pandemic and during the pandemic's early stages...

EMCDDA webinar: Displaced people and EU preparedness — lessons from Ukraine

14 December 2022

Online

Objective: to understand the short- and long-term responses of drug services to a major flux of displaced people and the related challenges.

Background: COVID-19 has raised attention in Europe, and globally, on the importance of monitoring preparedness towards potential emergencies.

How wastewater monitoring can boost preparedness for new health threats

Video and audio recordings

Objective: to explore wastewater analysis as a methodology contributing to EU preparedness and response Background: COVID-19 has raised the attention of Europe, and globally, on the importance of readiness towards potential emergencies...

Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada

Scientific article

27 September 2022

Background Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances – has...

Mortality and life-years lost following subsequent physical comorbidity in people with pre-existing substance use disorders: a national registry-based retrospective cohort study of hospitalised individuals in Czechia

Scientific article

3 November 2022

Summary Background Substance use disorders constitute a major global public health problem, attributable largely to their subsequent comorbidity with other health conditions. This study aimed to investigate the risk of all-cause death and...

Cannabis and Adolescence

ISSUP Webinar

10 November 2022

ISSUP Chile presented a webinar on the results of current research on the impact of cannabis use on the developing adolescent brain.

Cannabis and Adolescence

10 November 2022

Santiago

Chile

ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar on the results of current research on the impact of cannabis use on the developing adolescent brain?

The webinar will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 17:30 (Chile time)

Effect of Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerine Ratio in E-Liquid on Aerosol Formation: Overview of Relevant Properties

Scientific article

15 May 2022

BACKGROUND: Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) generate an aerosol by vaporising e-liquids that usually consist of propylene glycol (PG), vegetable glycerine (VG), and other ingredients (water, nicotine, and flavours). The chemical...

Contribution of SocioDemographic and Structured Leisure Activities’ Characteristics to Adolescents’ Alcohol Use

Scientific article

19 April 2022

BACKGROUND: Leisure can be a context that can promote positive adolescent development, but it can also be a context that contributes to adolescents engaging in risk behaviours. AIMS: The aim of this study is to determine the extent to which...