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The Behavioral Health Care Access Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) Populations report highlights findings from the 2023 SAMHSA publication Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavioral Health: Results from the 2021 and 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health on the elevated rates of substance use

This resource guide from SAMHSA discusses youth suicide prevention among at-risk groups. This resource guides readers on identifying and implementing evidence-based programs, many of which address substance use as well as suicide/mental health. It also lists examples of various interventions and pro

This report highlights the findings of a rapid assessment conducted to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) concerning synthetic drugs among three key groups: people who use drugs (PWUD), law enforcement personnel (LEP), and public health professionals (PHP) in Nigeria. The study, s

This article provides datasets of substance use and mental health peer support specialists across the U.S. The data collections show how much support each state has, per capita, regarding substance abuse from support specialists. 

This report encourages the substance use community to provide improved prevention services for young adults with disabilities. This population is at a time of significant life change, and are at greater risk of behavioral health conditions, such as substance use disorder.

Synthetic Drugs: Gender and Age in Thailand 2023 provides the overview of Methamphetamine, Ketamine, and other synthetic drugs situation in Thailand focusing on gender and age involved on both supply and demand.   This survey is sponsored by UNOV and UNODC and supported by Office of the Narcoti

This report examines the use of braided funding models for substance use disorder services in the US. It encourages finding a path to program sustainability. The report includes case studies from several US states, including Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Maryland.

Authors: Marissa B. Esser, PhD; Adam Sherk, PhD; Yong Liu, MD; Timothy S. Naimi, MD This report discusses the increase in deaths attributed to excessive alcohol use. It looks especially at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Vienna & New York NGO Committees on Drugs are pleased to present the global civil society report for the 2024 mid-term review of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). The report is the result of constructive inputs by more than 200 NGOs from all regions of the world, representing a wide ra

The HEALing Communities Initiative, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative® launched the Opioid-Overdose Reduction Continuum of Care Approach (ORCCA): A Policymakers Guide to Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies that Address

Conducted annually, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides nationally representative data on the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs; substance use disorders; mental health issues; and receipt of substance use and mental health treatment among the civilian, noninstitutionalized p

If, in 2015, someone had told you that the number of overdose deaths caused solely by the twomost historically lethal drugs—heroin and cocaine—would drop by more than half by 2021, youwould likely have assumed that the overdose crisis in the U.S. was finally coming to an end. Instead,dru

Authors: Rachael M. Billock, Ph.D., Andrea L. Steege, Ph.D., and Arialdi Miniño, M.P.H. This report describes deaths from drug overdoses in 2020 in U.S. residents in 46 states and New York City by usual occupation and industry. Frequencies, death rates, and proportionate mortality ratios (PMR

Authors: Victor Capoccia, PhD, Dennis McCarty, PhD, Jordan W. Turner, MPH, Carly Michael Searcy, MIS, PMP Internationally, there is increased interest in enhanced access to quality care (i.e., evidence-based prevention and treatment) for substance use. ICUDDR surveyed its membership to assess t

Author: Fernando Salazar Silva, Ph.D The Implementation of the Higher Technician in Prevention of the Use of Psychoactive SubstancesCareer project has the objective of implementing an academic program to respond to the need ofdeveloping the workforce in prevention in Paraguay based on the Universal

UNODC, a Guiding Document This guiding document primarily aims to improve the effectiveness of pre-existing and ongoing work of Law Enforcement Officers (LEO) involved in substance use prevention in schools. Its intentions are to incite LEO to re-assess their mode of operation and align their work w

Co-authored with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, this report offers a set of state-based policy recommendations to address the intersection of alcohol misuse and firearms. A core component of our public health approach is assessing through research, and the best available eviden