Practice

Are former heavy drinkers in the UK less likely to identify as being in recovery compared to those in the USA? A pilot test

Scientific article

26 September 2021

The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) movement created the term "in recovery" to express the continuing requirement for vigilance in order to sustain sobriety (which includes abstinence from alcohol intake) and avoid a return to dangerous drinking...

SPR International Early Career Funding to attend EUSPR 2021 Conference online, 29/09/21-1/10/21

News

The SPR Board of Directors has allocated $3,000 in funds to support early-career prevention researchers to attend the EUSPR. The purpose of the travel funds is to enable ECPNers to attend EUSPR and network on behalf of SPR, especially with...

My journey begins with compassion

Video and audio recordings

Stigma is a major barrier to the well-being and recovery of people with lived and living experience of substance use disorders. This animated video about two friends, Alex and Sam, explores the devastating impact of substance use stigma and...

Evaluation of performance-enhancing drugs seized by Israeli enforcement agencies 2012–2017: Implications for policy and regulatory change

Scientific article

https://ijhpr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13584-020-00369-2

Cannabis tourist destinations: Risk for vulnerable travellers with pre-existing mental disorders

Scientific article

https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article-abstract/27/4/taz098/5671717

Making the European Region Safer: developments in alcohol control policies, 2010–2019 (2021)

Book

16 September 2021

This report presents the current status of alcohol consumption, alcohol-attributable harms and the implementation of alcohol control policies in the WHO European Region, using available data from 2010, 2016 and 2019. A detailed overview is...

Women and alcohol

14 October 2021

Online

The alcohol research interest group (ARIG) is hosting a webinar on Alcohol and Women.

The event will take place on the 14th of October.

Speakers:

Dr Emily Nicholls

'I just feel nice with a glass of wine': Doing 'girliness' and 'classiness' through alcohol consumption on a Girls' Night Out

Dr Amanda Atkinson

Further Enhancing the Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Demand Reduction Across Europe

News

The EU Strategy 2021-2025 puts further emphasis on QS and evidence-based interventions. Yet, the extent and ways in which QS are implemented in daily practices of drug prevention, treatment and harm reduction in the EU varies substantially...

Synthetic cannabinoids in Europe – a review

Book

9 September 2021

This report provides a technical review of the current body of knowledge regarding synthetic cannabinoids that are monitored by the the EU Early Warning System. The aim of this report is to strengthen situational awareness of synthetic...

Substance Misuse Treatment and the Criminal Justice System

27 September 2021

Online

This webinar will focus on the interconnecting policy and practice that shapes the experiences of people with drug and alcohol problems within the criminal justice system. It will be chaired by Mike Trace, Chief Executive of Forward Trust and Collective Voice Trustee.