Addiction

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 13th May, 2022 Presentations: Keynote - Dr Nora Volkow Abstracts: Keynote - Dr Nora Volkow

Abstract Drug addiction is a public health crisis for which new treatments are urgently needed. In rare cases, regional brain damage can lead to addiction remission. These cases may be used to identify therapeutic targets for...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th May, 2022 Presentations: CBD for Treating Neuropsychiatric Complications of COVID-19 and Role of Addiction Physician - Dr...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th May,2022 Presentations: An Exploratory Study on Individual stigma to Substance Use in a Clinical Population - Dr. Hisham...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th May, 2022 Presentations: Evaluation of: Overview Training on the Universal Prevention Curriculum for Substance Use (UPC) for...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th May, 2022. Presentations: The Impact of CGU's Media Based Prevention Certificate Program: 2018-22 – What has changed for the...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th May, 2022 Presentations: ICUDDR Regional Groups: Supporting Addiction Science Globally - Dr. Beatrice Kathungu, Jimena...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th May 2022. Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speaker - Professor Michael Farrell Responding to Global Stimulant Use: Challenges and Opportunities

Summary Background There is a strong shared association between smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol. This study aimed to compare smoking prevalence and smoking characteristics in drinkers who were versus were not at risk of alcohol...

Abstract Importance Rates of prenatal cannabis use are increasing alongside perceptions that cannabis is a harmless therapeutic for pregnancy-related ailments, while rates of prenatal use of alcohol and tobacco are decreasing. It is...