V-Day http://www.vday.org is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness
Inuit-specific addiction & trauma program (Ottawa)
The Mamisarvik Healing Center is an Inuit-specific, 53-day, residential and day, addiction and trauma treatment program, located in Ottawa. The Centre provides culturally-specific therapeutic treatment
World Drugs report & drugs use map of the world
The World Drugs report for 2012 is out and it shows that 230 million people around the world – 1 in 20 of us – took illicit drugs in the last year. The report also says that problem drug users, mainly heroin – and cocaine-dependent people number about 27 million,
SAMHSA News Release
United States statistics related to benzodiazepine and narcotic pain reliever use. http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/1212132836.aspx
Seminar on Alcohol Pricing & Public Health in Canada
Part 1 and part 2 videos of Seminar on Alcohol Pricing & Public Health in Canada http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/27629149
Alcohol & Your Brain 3D video
An amazing 3D representation on the effect alcohol has on your body. Find out more about the metabolism of alcohol and what is Blood Alcohol Concentration, and the effect alcohol has on the brain. Created for the Australian Lions Drug Awareness Foundation. Scroll down on the left hand menu
Cannabis and Psychosis KE Workshop e-Book
Cannabis and Psychosis KE Workshop e-Book: A new resource that emerged from the successful knowledge exchange workshop on Cannabis and Psychosis
Efficacy of expectancy challenge interventions to reduce college student drinking: A meta-analytic review
Efficacy of expectancy challenge interventions to reduce college student drinking: A meta-analytic review A summary of this review can be found at: http://health-evidence.ca/articles/show/23292
Psychological therapies for pathological and problem gambling
A review summary can be found at: http://health-evidence.ca/articles/show/23318
Issues of Substance 2013
Issues of Substance 2013 Save the date! From Knowledge to Know-how Learn. Inspire. Change. November 4-6, 2013 Ottawa, Ontario