Psychoactive drugs are substances that, when taken in or administered into one's system, affect mental processes, e.g. perception, consciousness, cognition or mood and emotions. Production, distribution, sale or non-medical use of many psychoactive drugs is either controlled or prohibited outside legally sanctioned channels by law. Psychoactive drugs have different degrees of restriction of availability, depending on their risks to health and therapeutic usefulness, and classified according to a hierarchy of schedules at both national and international levels. (WHO)
Target 3.5: Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.
Documents by theme in the VHL:
Alcohol | Opioid Abuse | Cannabis Related Disorders | Hypnotics, Sedatives or Anxiolytic Related Disorders | Cocaine and Other Stimulant-Related Disorders | Hallucinogen Related Disorders | Inhalant Related Disorders | Other Psychoactive Substance Related Disorders
Strategy and Plan of Action on Health Promotion Within the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals - PAHO/WHO
SDG 3 - Target 3.5 - PAHO/WHO
Target 3.5 Prevention and treatment of consumption of psychoactive substances - PAHO/WHO
Treatnet Training Package - United Nations
Courses and Programs
Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care - UNODC/WHO
Virtual Course on Drug Policy and Public Health
Virtual Course on Alcohol Policy and Public Health
Programa de Capacitación en la Aplicación del Paquete ASSIST-DIT de Detección e Intervención Breve para el Consumo Riesgoso y Nocivo de Sustancias, en Latinoamérica
Virtual Course: AUDIT-SBI in Primary Health Care