Policy Advocacy

Informing local, national, and international policy to manage and reduce substance use e.g., drug policy reform, legislation and regulations, education.

European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) 2025

23 June 2025

Lisbon

Portugal

Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply and public policies

Special Focus on Synthetic Opioids

Our two week in-person Summer School (23rd of June to 04th of July 2025) prepares professionals and students to meet the complex policy challenges that face Europe and the World in the field of drugs. Teaching staff include scientific experts from the EUDA, researchers, practitioners and policymakers.

Advocacy Skills for Underserved Communities

9 April 2025

Online

Time: 3PM - 4:30PM Eastern Time

Drugs Research Network for Scotland (DRNS) 2025 Annual Conference

5 June 2025

Dundee

United Kingdom

The Drugs Research Network for Scotland aim to create and encourage the sharing of knowledge around drug related issues through collaboration across disciplines, organisations and countries to generate high-quality evidence that will inform developments in policy and practice.

24th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS)

15 June 2025

Alcobaça

Portugal

We invite you to a worldwide meeting at a conference to share knowledge on driving under the influence - towards safer roads, healthier communities, and a sustainable future.

Substance Use Monitoring and Surveillance: Challenges faced by LMICs

Opinion piece, commentary

24 January 2025

Substance use surveillance has emerged as a crucial public health strategy across Africa, particularly in light of the alarming rise in substance use among adolescents (1). This trend poses significant health risks that require a...

Bigger, stronger and cheaper: growth in e-cigarette market driven by disposable devices with more e-liquid, higher nicotine concentration and declining prices

Scientific article

Abstract Objective: This study explores trends in the disposable e-cigarette market in the USA, specifically focusing on changes in e-cigarette size, nicotine strength, and real sales-weighted average prices, both per e-cigarette unit and...

Figure 1 Panel A: average millilitre volume capacity, NielsenIQ United States, January 2017–September 2022*. *Each time period represents a 4-week interval.

ICUDDR Africa Regional Conference 2025

23 April 2025

Cairo

Egypt

Role of Universities in Shaping the Future: Advancing Substance Use Education, Research and Policy in Africa

Join the 2025 ICUDDR Africa Region Conference, the 17th Kasr Al Ainy Psychiatry Congress, and the 14th Kasr Al Ainy Child Psychiatry Congress, April 23-25, 2025, at Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.