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The Commission on Narcotic Drugs is starting very soon! In fact, tomorrow, Monday, 14 March 2022. 

Once again, all sessions, as well as the side events, are to be held online due to the pandemic. The good...

Ο Γενικός Εισαγγελέας του Οχάιο επέλεξε εμπειρογνώμονες από διάφορους ακαδημαϊκούς τομείς στην Επιστημονική Επιτροπή για την Πρόληψη και την Εκπαίδευση στα Οπιοειδή (SCOPE) για να βοηθήσουν την Πολιτεία του Οχάιο στην αντιμετώπιση της...

In order to endorse the evidence-based practices in the field of addiction treatment in Pakistan, ITRAMIC Foundation Lahore organized virtual training for treatment staff and professionals from 22nd to 29th October 2021, in collaboration...

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Ένα ευρύ φάσμα επαγγελματιών, ευκαιριών κατάρτισης και περιφερειακών διαφορών υπάρχουν στον τομέα της μελέτης εθισμού παγκοσμίως. Αυτή η εκπαιδευτική ποικιλία αποτελεί πρόκληση προτείνοντας μια ακριβή ταξινόμηση των προγραμμάτων...

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The two-year, multidisciplinary Master’s in Drug Dependence (MDD) at the University of Barcelona was created in 1986, after some years of offering shorter seminars. It was a response to the heroin crisis of the 80s and 90s and...

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There has been a growing need to improve the knowledge and skills of addiction practitioners worldwide. The development of the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) is one effort to address these needs. This paper is the first...

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This article describes the need to develop a workforce to address the public health burden of drug use in Nigeria. Central to workforce development is the development and implementation of a substance use curriculum.

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The...

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for all and has had a particular effect on university-level educators. Although the use of technologies in education is recognised as critical in developing transversal skills and...

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In Ukraine, substance use disorders (SUDs) and rates of HIV infection are growing, the number of specialists does not meet country’s addiction treatment demands, and the quality of the care is often insufficient and does not...

ISSUP participated in the European Society of Prevention Research (EUSPR) 2021 Conference which took place online from the 29th of September to the 1st of October by presenting an oral poster that focussed on three practical examples of...

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Το μάθημα Πρόληψη της χρήσης επιβλαβών ουσιών και θεραπεία εθισμού αποτελεί αναπόσπαστο και υποχρεωτικό μέρος της μεταπτυχιακής ιατρικής εκπαίδευσης στην Τσεχική Δημοκρατία. Στόχος του είναι η απόκτηση των απαραίτητων γνώσεων...

Coordinado por Livia Edegger, directora adjunta de la International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), los especialistas en este panel hablaron sobre la importancia de crear y robustecer la fuerza laboral en la reducción de la...

This training session on Treatment and Prevention of Substance Use and Mental Health Problems was conducted at the Department of Psychology, University of Karachi psychology graduates and faculty members. 

this training workshop was organized by Aga Khan Agency for Habitat to train the national trainers (Community Emergency Response Team). 25 national trainers from different provinces attended this training workshop. 

The aim of this training workshop is to develop a team of professionals/ trainers who could replicate this training workshop across the country. To achieve this goal we wanted to increase their knowledge of substance abuse problems...