Manila
Philippines
Event Type
ISSUP Webinar
Language(s)

English

Speaker
Richard Rawson
Mariano Hembra
Partner Organisation
ITTC Network
Themes
Treatment
Substances
Addiction
Tags (Keywords)
Stimulant Use Disorders
treatment programs
outpatient treatments

Stimulant Use Webinar Series. Part III: Examples of Stimulant Use Treatment Programmes.

Submitted by Kwadwo Adu Boakye-Yiadom - 14 December 2023
ISSUP Philippines Webinar
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ISSUP Indonesia, ISSUP Malaysia, and ISSUP Philippines, in collaboration with ITTC, welcome you to a joint initiative dedicated to the use of Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) in the Asian region. 

Time: 10:00 AM PHT | 02:00 AM GMT (February 20, 2024)

Time | 9:00 PM EST (February 19, 2024)

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Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are widely used across the Asia-Pacific region, with an annual prevalence of use in 2011 ranging from 0.2% to 1.4% of the Asian population aged 15–64 years [1]. Nearly 10 million users reside in East and South-East Asia, owing to the relatively larger population of this subregion [3]. The Philippines (2.1%), Thailand (1.4%), and Lao PDR (1.4%) are the countries with a higher prevalence of ATS use in the region [1]. In the period 2016–2020, the largest numbers of ATS seizures occurred in East and South-East Asia, along with North America [3].

Many Asian countries report a significant shift from heroin and other opioids to methamphetamine. This is supported by the seizure of a total of 171.5 tons of methamphetamine in the region, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in 2021, and a continued decline in the overall price of methamphetamine, making it more affordable [2].

The ISSUP National Chapters Webinar Series aims to highlight ATS use as an emerging issue in Asian countries. We have invited experts and experienced professionals working in the field to provide updates on the harms of ATS use, address their mechanisms of action, modes of use, intended intoxicant effects, associated physical and mental health issues, the role of ATS in risky behaviours, transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B and C, and recommendations on their management and prevention-related responses.

Moderator: Dr. S. Benjamin Vista 

Presentations

Dr. Richard Rawson

"Examples of Stimulant Use Treatment Programmes."

International Speaker: Dr. Richard Rawson

Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioural Sciences
Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

Research Professor
Vermont Center on Behaviour and Health
University of Vermont

Dr Mariano Hembra 

“Matrix Intensive Outpatient Program”

Speaker from the Philippines: Dr. Mariano S. Hembra, MD, FPPA MMIP CESE

Vice President 
Philippine Society of Addiction Specialists (PASS)

This webinar is hosted by ISSUP Philippines and is part of a Series on Stimulant Use. Please find below the links to the other two Webinars taking place:

  1. 23rd January 2024 - Stimulant Use Webinar Series. Part I: About Amphetamine Type Stimulants and Stimulant Use Disorder. Learn More >>>
  2. 6th February 2024 - Stimulant Use Webinar Series. Part II: Risky Behaviour and Chem Sex Associated with Stimulant Use. Learn More >>>

Reference:

  1. Dargan PI, Wood DM. Recreational drug use in the Asia Pacific region: improvement in our understanding of the problem through the UNODC programmes. J Med Toxicol. 2012 Sep;8(3):295-9. doi: 10.1007/s13181-012-0240-4. PMID: 22569822; PMCID: PMC3550160.

  2. Regional Overview: Asia (2022). https://hri.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GSHR-2022_Asia.pdf

  3. Word Drug Report 2022. Booklet 4 - Drug market trends of Cocaine, Amphetamine-type stimulants and New Psychoactive Substances (2022). https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/wdr-2022_booklet-4.html

 

Webinars and online events delivered and hosted by the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) are provided for informational purposes only. They are educational in nature and do not constitute medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.