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EMCDDA Best practice portal update (3/2021)

07.07.2021
Contingency Management – evidence continues to build-up, time to start talking about implementation? According to the just published EMCDDA European Drug Report cocaine is the second most commonly used illicit drug in...
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EMCDDA Best practice portal update (2/2021)

15.04.2021
School-based programmes to improve mental health and well-being and reduce risks Adolescents spend a significant part of their lifetime in school and, therefore, this environment plays an important role in their social...
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EMCDDA Best practice portal update (4/2020)

14.12.2020
Evidence updates on social reintegration and employment-focused interventions Employment is one of the strongest predictors of positive outcomes for persons with substance use disorder. Unemployed clients in treatment often report that their...
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EMCDDA Best practice portal update (3/2020)

20.10.2020
Substitution treatment for stimulants users? Finding a pharmacological treatment for stimulant users has been a research priority for the last decade. Many classes of drugs have been tested: antidepressants, dopamine agonists, antipsychotics...
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EMCDDA Best practice portal update

18.12.2019
Pharmacotherapies for the treatment of cocaine use disorders There are signs that increased cocaine availability in Europe is resulting in growing health costs. Since 2014, the number of new clients entering treatment...
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EMCDDA Best practice portal update

08.11.2019
Neurostimulation techniques for the treatment of substance use The continuous research on the treatment of substance use dependence has identified the potential of some neurostimulation techniques to reduce substance use and cravings...
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EMCDDA Best practice portal update

27.06.2019
This content was published in the Best pratice portal update briefing on 27.06.2019 Psychosocial interventions to reduce cocaine and amphetamine use Prolonged use of stimulants such as amphetamines and cocaine may result...
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EMCDDA Best practice portal update

18.03.2019
This content was published in the Best pratice portal update briefing on 18.03.2019 Treatment for amphetamine-type stimulants use disorders The use of amphetamines, methamphetamines and other amphetamine-type stimulants (like MDMA) is widespread...
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Xchange — 16 new programmes added to online registry of evidence-based prevention programmes

22.02.2019
The EMCDDA has added 16 new programmes to Xchange, its online registry of evidence-based prevention programmes. Launched in October 2017, and now ending its pilot phase, the registry showcases interventions that European...
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Expert meeting to examine implementation of evidence-based interventions on drugs

27.11.2018
Experts in the implementation of evidence-based interventions from Europe and North America are gathering at the EMCDDA this week for the agency’s first technical meeting on ‘Pathways to implementation’. Implementing responses to...
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EMCDDA meeting focuses on quality standards in drug demand reduction

12.12.2016
Quality standards in drug demand reduction will be the focus of discussions today at an EMCDDA meeting gathering experts from seven countries. The purpose of the meeting is to present how the...
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