Background

Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing. There has been increasing recognition of the potential mental health impact of COVID-19 on frontline workers and calls to provide psychosocial support for them. However, little attention has so far been paid to understanding the impact of working on a pandemic from healthcare workers’ own perspectives or what their views are about support.

Methods

Key healthcare databases (Medline, PsychINFO and PubMed) were checked...

The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) is a pan-Canadian network of community partners co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). The network has sites in British Columbia, Manitoba, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

In April 2019, CCENDU published a bulletin on changes in stimulant use and related harms, which focused on methamphetamine and cocaine* based on data collected by CCENDU sites in November 2018: Changes in Stimulant Use and Related Harms: Focus on Methamphetamine and Cocaine.1 The...

Abstract

Background and aims

Among European countries, France is particularly concerned by adolescent tobacco smoking, especially in disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds (SES). We measured the respective contributions of parental smoking and family living arrangements to social disparities in smoking during adolescence.

A total of 13 314 adolescents answered a pen-and-paper questionnaire about their own tobacco consumption and the smoking of their parents.

Findings

Adolescents living within very privileged and privileged SES were significantly less likely to report daily...

Summary

This report presents an analysis of the drug markets in the European Neighbourhood Policy-East region covering Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Focused on providing insights into drug production, trafficking, sale, use and harms, the report contains data and information from studies conducted between 2019 and 2022 in the framework of the EU4Monitoring Drugs project, funded by the European Commission.

It concludes with an outlook on key areas for policy and practice to address emerging drug markets’ challenges.

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. Improved and innovative monitoring methodologies are at the core of the research-based actions taken to respond to potential threats.

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), also known as wastewater monitoring or wastewater surveillance, only began to gain traction as an epidemiological tool in the early 21st century with a diverse array of applications but...

Summary

The purpose of this report is to examine the current situation, risks and responses to the recreational use of nitrous oxide in Europe. To support this, the report also provides a state-of-the-art review of the chemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of the gas. It is intended for policymakers and practitioners.

The report is structured as follows:

• Section 1 provides a summary of the current situation, established risks and responses.
• Section 2 is a technical review of the chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, individual risks and legitimate uses.
• Section 3 provides an...

خلفية

هناك حاجة إلى تدخلات جديدة في مجال الصحة العامة لمعالجة إمدادات الأدوية السامة وتلبية احتياجات الأشخاص الذين يتعاطون المخدرات وسط أزمة الجرعة الزائدة. تم تنفيذ إمدادات أكثر أمانا - توزيع منخفض الحواجز للمواد الصيدلانية - في بعض الولايات القضائية لتوفير بدائل أكثر أمانا لإمدادات الأدوية غير المنظمة ، ومع ذلك لم تستكشف أي دراسات حتى الآن وجهات نظر أصحاب المصلحة المحترفين حول هذا النهج.

أساليب

استخدمنا أخذ العينات الهادفة لتوظيف أصحاب المصلحة المحترفين (ن = 17) من أربعة مواقع في كولومبيا البريطانية وأونتاريو ونوفا سكوشا ، بما في ذلك مديري البرامج والمديرين التنفيذيين وممثلي السلطات...

يسر EMCDDA ومعهد جامعة لشبونة (ISCTE-IUL) فتح التسجيل اليوم لحدثين مشتركين قادمين في عام 2023: المدرسة الشتوية الأوروبية للمخدرات (EDWS) والمدرسة الصيفية الأوروبية للمخدرات (EDSS) (1)  (2).

EDWS: 13-24 فبراير 2023 (عبر الإنترنت): وسيكون موضوع هذا العام "السكان النازحون والقضايا المتعلقة بالمخدرات"، مع تخصيص يوم كامل لهذا الموضوع. ستتضمن الدورة التي تستمر أسبوعين محاضرات حية في وقت الغداء مع الخبراء والممارسين ، تليها تمارين بعد الظهر. كما سيتم تقديم جولات العمل الميداني الافتراضية. الانتهاء من التمارين والامتحان إلزامي لأولئك الذين يرغبون في الحصول على اعتمادات. سيتم تسجيل الجلسات وإتاحتها...