- The WHO created an online site with all the information available on substances and drugs that can cause addiction.
- The portal is aimed at health professionals and decision makers related to public health.
- At the moment the database contains information on more than 450 substances, although its content is expected to increase.
Since its creation in 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) has had the main objective of promoting people’s well-being. One of the many ways in which diseases can be prevented is through clear and truthful information. With this in mind, for the first time they were united in the same repository all reports about substances and drugs that can cause dependence.
He WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence has produced this compendium of data for health professionals. It is also intended for drug and drug policy experts and decision-makers given the limited information available on the public health risk of many of the substances it reviews.
Catalog with all drugs that cause addiction
It is the only freely accessible online database containing data and reports on new psychoactive drugs and substances for medical and scientific use. At this time, it covers a list of more than 450 substances, although it is planned that it may grow over time.
Increased exchange of information with health professionals and other experts working to address drug and drug dependence problems around the world can serve to raise awareness of the harmful use of psychoactive substances reviewed by the Expert Committee and the damage and dependency they cause.
Information available just a click away
Thus, a series of effective public health measures in this area can be better applied, such as the improvement of substance detection and the clinical treatment of overdoses and other negative health consequences of the consumption of substances subject to dependence. In addition, the new online site can be very useful for finding information on the therapeutic use of psychoactive substances.
He WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependencewhich make up an independent group of experts in medicine and psychoactive substances, is in charge of evaluating the risks and health benefits of the consumption of psychoactive substances according to a series of criteria.
The Committee meets each year to review the public health implications of certain psychoactive substances and to make recommendations to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, a regulatory body made up of 53 United Nations Member States, on whether or not to submit psychoactive substances to international control. For its part, the International Narcotics Control Board is in charge of supervising the application by the countries of the recommendations adopted by said Commission.
For example, the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence has advised the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in recent years on the situation regarding the international control of cannabis, which has resulted in the reclassification of this product to examine its recognized therapeutic uses. . All these technical documents are available on the new online information site.
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