This November, our international work continues to grow as we engage with upcoming global events and review newly released research shaping substance use policy and public health. Below you’ll find important opportunities for engagement such as International Anti-Corruption Day and the UN80 civil society briefing as well as fresh evidence from around the world on cannabis use, synthetic drugs, and public health strategies.
Upcoming Events
International Anti-Corruption Day
Uniting with Youth Against Corruption: Shaping Tomorrow’s Integrity
9 December 2025
Learn more here
Briefing on UN 80
2 December 2025 from 3 PM to 5 PM CET
We encourage you to join the virtual briefing on UN 80 and the Future of Multilateralism: Civil Society Perspectives on Global Governance Reform organized by the Committee on Sustainable Development with support from the Alliance of NGOs and the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs.
Join the session via ZOOM here.
Noteworthy Research Released
- New module on Transnational Organized Crime launched by the UNODC in the Toolkit on Synthetic Drugs
- Emotional psychopathology and coping cannabis use motives are involved in the link between anxiety sensitivity and adverse cannabis-related outcomes in Canadian emerging adults
- Cannabis use experience of patients with chronic disease after revisions to the cannabis legalization regulations: a mixed-methods study in primary care settings in the south of Thailand
- Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) use and harms in Ireland: New findings from the 2024 European Web Survey on Drugs
- Strategic approaches to reducing the substance use-related burden of disease in Canada
