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Higher education institutions are a central context for the prevention of substance use in young people, as they provide a context of strong influence on the behavior of their students. There are evidence-based prevention strategies for the...
Teachers Training Anuradhapura Education Zone
A training workshop on drug prevention and counseling for 64 teachers engaged in counseling in the Anuradhapura Education Zone was held on the 16th of October 2024 at the Anuradhapura...
Session Objectives:
Identify various Screening & Brief Intervention (SBI) practice models for youth substance use/misuse preventing & early intervention.
Explore evidence supporting SBIs & challenges for implementing SBIs to...
NDDCB is registered as an education provider in ISSUP International. By design, the Colombo Plan DAP will update the capacity of the NDDCB and other agencies to control drug demand and supply. Majority of NDDCB staff members have completed...
The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) launched a new prevention initiative to address the need for competent professionals involved in drug use prevention across Central Asia. The first training aimed at prevention practitioners...
When women gather, emotions tend to swell. But on this particular day at the Empower Her Recovery Centre- Nueva Annex, the tears that flowed were not of pain or struggle. They were tears of triumph. It was September 27th September 2024, and...
September 2024 was not just any month; it was a remarkable chapter in the field of drug demand reduction. Picture this: from 8th to 13th September 2024, drug use prevention influencers from Africa and Asia converged in Kerala, India for a...
This article describes the quality of Spanish family support programs, focusing on their impact, community reach, expansion, and sustainability. EurofamNet selected 57 programs that had evidence-based results. Family support programmes...
Objective: Ayahuasca, a plant-based substance from the Amazon, is gaining attention for its potential in treating addiction. However, there is little research on the role of purging (mainly vomiting), which is a key part of the healing...
A study funded by the NIH found that adults with opioid use disorder (OUD) who take higher doses of buprenorphine, an opioid addiction treatment medication, have a lower risk of emergency department or inpatient visits related to behavioral...
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