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EMCDDA's best practice portal is designed to help you find practical and reliable information on what works (and what doesn’t) in the areas of prevention, treatment, harm reduction and social reintegration.

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Chaired by Livia Edegger, Deputy Director of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), the specialist in this panel spoke about the importance of creating and strengthening the workface in drug demand reduction...

What do we mean by evidence and why does it matter?

This article, published by Drugs Research Network Scotland, discusses the hierarchy of evidence and the way evidence can be used to inform effective and efficient drug policy and...

This webinar presented an overview of evidence for treatment of methamphetamine dependence, and future directions.

Crystalline methamphetamine (“ice”) is a significant and growing public health concern in Australia, with approximately...

This training session on Treatment and Prevention of Substance Use and Mental Health Problems was conducted at the Department of Psychology, University of Karachi psychology graduates and faculty members. 

this training workshop was organized by Aga Khan Agency for Habitat to train the national trainers (Community Emergency Response Team). 25 national trainers from different provinces attended this training workshop. 

The aim of this training workshop is to develop a team of professionals/ trainers who could replicate this training workshop across the country. To achieve this goal we wanted to increase their knowledge of substance abuse problems...

Here you can read the UK governments 10-year plan to reduce illegal drug use.

The 10-year plan is also the formal, substantive response to the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepts all of her key...

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What is known on the subject?

• Dual diagnosis is a term used to describe persons who have a co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
• It is the cause of significant economic burden to health care, justice and...

On December 2nd, CICAD's Demand Reduction Unit organised an online event on "Substance Use Among Adolescents: Risk and Protective Factors". The event is part of a series of international dialogues between Africa, Asia, Latin America and the...

This webinar provided attendees with information about:

1. Overview of the clinical challenges associated with methamphetamine use disorder

2. Psychosocial approaches for methamphetamine use disorder

3. Pharmacological treatments...

Document of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia that presents baseline of the maintenance programs with methadone in the country and the profile of the population served and the general characteristics of the treatment...

Supply reduction is often the main approach used for addressing the illicit drug problem.

Evaluating drug policy is an integral part of a cost-efficient approach to tackle illicit drugs. This report takes a first step towards a...

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Dimensional models for classifying personality have received extensive empirical support in the treatment of substance misuse. However, we do not currently understand whether and which dimensions of personality functioning are...

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Background: Treatment retention is a major factor contributing to favourable outcome in the treatment of substance misuse, but the literature remains very limited. Despite evidence of the association of personality with drug...

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Treatment initiation is a major factor contributing to positive outcomes, but the supporting literature remains limited. It is difficult to draw conclusions regarding predictors of dropout, and there is a need to target clients...