GISA raises alarm over danger of synthetic drug abuse
Nigeria is facing a growing crisis with synthetic drugs, with stakeholders warning of devastating consequences if urgent actions are not taken.
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UNODC World Drug Report 2024: Harms of world drug problem continue to mount amid expansions in drug use and markets
The emergence of new synthetic opioids and a record supply and demand of other drugs has compounded the impacts of the world drug problem, leading to a rise in drug use disorders and environmental harms, according to the World Drug Report 2024 launched by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Highlights from the 2024 UNODC World Drug Report
ISSUP is pleased to presents highlights from the 2024 edition of the UNODC World Drug Report. The webinar is presented by Giovanna Campello, Chief of the Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Penalties for drug law offences in Europe at a glance
This resource facilitates the examination and comparison of penalties or rehabilitative measures for primary drug-related offenses such as drug use, possession for personal use, and supply-related crimes across European countries...
Nueva coalición mundial lanzada para abordar las amenazas de las drogas sintéticas
El 7 de julio de 2023, el Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, organizó una reunión virtual a nivel ministerial para lanzar una Coalición Global para abordar las amenazas de las drogas sintéticas.
Informe Mundial sobre las Drogas 2023
Por primera vez desde su concepción, este año el Informe Mundial sobre las Drogas consta de dos productos, un elemento basado en la web y un conjunto de folletos.
Aspectos destacados del Informe Mundial sobre Drogas 2023 de la UNODC
ISSUP are pleased to present our Webinar on highlights from the 2023 edition of the UNODC World Drug Report.
The Global Report on Cocaine 2023
The Global Report on Cocaine 2023 details how coca cultivation soared 35 per cent from 2020 to 2021, a record high and the sharpest year-to-year increase since 2016.
Irregular Migration, Drug Use and Drug Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa; Libya and Nigeria
Abstract
Background: This study examined the context of drug use and trafficking in irregular migration among identified Nigerian-returned migrants from Libyan detention centers in the transit or destination along the Mediterranean...
Seminario web bimensual: Serie de actualización de conocimientos de ISSUP Nigeria (decimocuarta sesión)
ISSUP Nigeria se complace en presentar su próximo seminario web bimensual en la Serie de actualización de conocimientos. Este seminario web se centrará en "El uso de metanfetamina en Nigeria: análisis de tendencias y amenazas".
REVISIÓN DOCUMENTAL: Apoyo a las personas con trastorno por consumo de sustancias en Ucrania durante la guerra
Resumen
La guerra en Ucrania ha llevado inevitablemente a que el sistema de salud del país funcione a una capacidad reducida. Los ataques cerca de hospitales y las operaciones militares activas obligan a las personas a cambiar su lugar...
Национальный круглый стол по завершенному исследованию распространенности новых психоактивных веществ
Приглашаем специалистов Министерства здравоохранения РК, Министерства внутренних дел РК, Казахского научного центра дерматологии и инфекционных заболеваний, представителей UNODC, UNAIDS, неправительственных организаций, руководителей и врачей региональных Центров психического здоровья.
¿Cómo puede el campo del control de drogas ilícitas informar el objetivo final del tabaquismo?
Este seminario web presentó las formas en que el campo del control de drogas ilícitas puede informar el objetivo final del tabaquismo.
La regulación del tabaco y las sustancias que tradicionalmente han sido ilícitas (por ejemplo, el...
‘Ten Years Later’ – Developing Institutional Mechanisms for Drug Demand Reduction and Addictology Education in Georgia – A Case Study
BACKGROUND:
During the last ten years, Georgia made several important accomplishments in responding to the country’s drug problem. Specifically, in 2011, an interagency national drug coordinating body was established within the Ministry...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS): Black market and policy of new psychoactive substances in the Asia region
ISSUP Kazakhstan presented the Third Webinar in the Series on New Psychoactive Substances, with a focus on Black market and policy of new psychoactive substances in the Asia region.
From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives
Executive summary
The 10-year UK Government plan to combat illegal drugs sets out how we are doing more than ever to cut off the supply of drugs by criminal gangs and give people with a drug addiction a route to a productive and drug...
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS): Synthetic Hallucinogens/ Synthetic Depressants
The Second Webinar was hosted by ISSUP Pakistan and focus on Synthetic Hallucinogens/ Synthetic Depressants.
EU Drug Markets: In-depth analysis
Illicit drugs are big business. They are one of the main profit-generating activities of organised crime and are estimated to represent around one-fifth of global crime proceeds. 'EU Drug Markets: In-depth analysis' is the fourth...
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS): Synthetic Stimulants/Synthetic Cannabinoids
ISSUP are pleased to present the First Webinar in a series on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS).
La Casa Blanca publica la Estrategia Nacional de Control de Drogas 2022 que describe un camino integral a seguir para abordar la adicción y la epidemia de sobredosis
Hoy, el presidente Biden envió la Estrategia Nacional de Control de Drogas inaugural de su Administración al Congreso en un momento en que las sobredosis de drogas han cobrado un precio desgarrador, cobrándose 106,854 vidas en el período...