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Reducing the harm from alcohol by regulating cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotion

Book

10 May 2022

This comprehensive report details the full extent of the way that alcohol is being marketed across national borders – often by digital means – and often regardless of the social, economic or cultural environment in receiving countries. It...

Implementation of Opioid Substitution Therapy in South Africa

10 May 2022

Johannesburg

South Africa

You are invited to attend an upcoming webinar meeting aiming to discuss the role of the government agencies in the design and implementation of the HIV interventions among people who use drugs, particularly opioid substitution therapy (OST), in South Africa.

Tailoring dissemination of evidence to preferences of tobacco control partners: results from an academic-community partnership

Scientific article

Background Tobacco control program leaders may improve the use of evidence in program and policy development by presenting evidence to policymakers more often. However, current scientific knowledge regarding what works is slow to reach...

White House Releases 2022 National Drug Control Strategy that Outlines Comprehensive Path Forward to Address Addiction and the Overdose Epidemic

News

Today, President Biden sent his Administration’s inaugural National Drug Control Strategy to Congress at a time when drug overdoses have taken a heartbreaking toll, claiming 106,854 lives in the most recent 12-month period. The Strategy...

World Assembly for Community Action on Alcohol

11 May 2022

Online

Description
Community action is one of ten action areas outlined in the WHO Global Alcohol Strategy, highlighting how important community involvement is for preventing and reducing alcohol harm.

The Intersection Between Substance Use Disorder and Human Trafficking

ISSUP Webinar

21 April 2022

ISSUP Kenya would like to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar on The Intersection Between Substance Use Disorder and Human Trafficking. This Webinar will discuss: Nature of Substance Use Disorder The connection between human trafficking...

The Intersection Between Substance Use Disorder and Human Trafficking

21 April 2022

Nairobi

Kenya

ISSUP Kenya would like to invite you to join their next Bi-Monthly Webinar on The Intersection Between Substance Use Disorder and Human Trafficking.

Time: 4PM UK Time | 6PM Kenya Time

Register for the Webinar

This Webinar will discuss:

Kenya introduces tax on alcohol advertising

News

A 15% tax on fees charged by television stations, print media, billboards, and radio stations for advertisements of alcohol products, gaming, and gambling has been proposed in the 2022/23 budget. Here you can read the news article...

Self-harm and alcohol use

23 May 2022

Online

About this event

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite you to join us online on Monday 23 May from 12.30-14.00 BST (UK time) for our third SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals event of 2022.

Alcohol-related violence & deprivation

Video and audio recordings

Watch the research presentations on alcohol-related violence and deprivation by Lucy Bryant (Institute of Alcohol Studies, IAS) and Dr Carly Lightowlers (University of Liverpool), delivered at the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar...