Activities
Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems
The official journal of EUROPAD.
A peer review journal which publishes research reports, proposals and letters not under consideration for publication elsewhere. It has a current readership of around 1500.
The EUROPAD Conference
Every two years the Association organises a conference in a major European centre. The most recent of these attracted 500 delegates, an impressive collection of international speakers and a wide range of original papers.
The EUROPAD Italian Conference
The association has arranged several 'Italian Conferences' in alternate years to the main conference until 2009.
The Europad "Chimera" Award
The society makes an award to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the effective treatment of drug addiction in general and heroin addiction in particular.
Click here for more information and award recipients.
EUROPAD and the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) -
formerly the American Methadone Association
At each AATOD conference EUROPAD has its own one day seminar where European papers are presented.
The collaboration between EUROPAD and AATOD led to the creation of the World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (inserire il link al sito della WFTOD), in July 2007 during the EUROPAD conference held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Links with Other International Organisations
As well as strong links with AATOD, EUROPAD has particularly good relations with the Australian Professional Society for Addiction (APSAD). This and other links are currently being developed further.
Since 2017 EUROPAD is an Affiliate Society to ISAM (International Society of Addiction Medicine).
The EUROPAD Network
EUROPAD aims to encourage communication and co-operation among individuals and organizations working in opiate addiction. The EUROPAD network is being developed as a comprehensive list of European organizations and institutions together with major international and world groups. If you would like your organization to be included on the EUROPAD Network please contact Webmaster.