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Responding to Drug-Related Offending
Coordinated efforts between law enforcement, courts, treatment providers, and social services to reduce reoffending, promote recovery, and address the underlying causes of drug-related crime.
New tools for prevention practitioners: how to empower and assess your intervention?
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 – Panel: Workforce Development: Global Perspectives and Future Directions, on the 28th of June, 2024.
Strategies for Providing Economic, Social, and other Community Supports for Persons Receiving Drug Treatment in the Criminal Justice System
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Challenges and Opportunities in Providing Evidence-Based Treatment for Persons in the Criminal Justice System, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Application of Case Care Management (CCM) in the Criminal Justice System
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Challenges and Opportunities in Providing Evidence-Based Treatment for Persons in the Criminal Justice System, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Criminal Justice Drug Treatment Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Challenges and Opportunities in Providing Evidence-Based Treatment for Persons in the Criminal Justice System, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Web App ASSIST for Systems Change
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Systems Change and the Role of the University through the lens of the ITTC Network: Part 2, Sample ITTC Initiatives in Vietnam, South Africa and Peru, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Bringing law enforcement officers closer to other agents of prevention. The experience with UNODC Guiding Document on the Role of Law Enforcement Officers in Drug Use Prevention within School Settings
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Community Collaboration for Prevention, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Police – Going Soft on drugs
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Harm Reduction: Strategies, Challenges, and Global Perspectives in Substance Use, on the 26th of June, 2024.
Drug-related harm reduction: a conceptual framework and a proposal for its teaching
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Contextual and Higher Education Challenges in the Fields of Harm Reduction, on the 26th of June, 2024.
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (22nd Session)
ISSUP Nigeria presents the 22nd session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar will focus on the topic of 'Therapeutic Community as a model in the Management of Substance Use Disorders.'
Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) Reading List
Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) encompass multi-sector approach on strategies and programs designed to divert individuals with substance use disorders away from conventional imprisonment. These alternatives address treatment, support...
Alternatives to Imprisonment- Decade of Action
The global incarceration rate has been steadily rising, with nearly 11 million individuals detained either awaiting trial or serving sentences worldwide. Prison overcrowding presents a longstanding and pervasive challenge for numerous...
Alternatives to Incarceration: Alternatives to Incarceration A Smart Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Drug Use and Crime
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) highlights the strong link between drug use and criminal behavior, recognizing addiction as a disease requiring public health and safety interventions. The administration aims to break the cycle of drug use and crime through innovative, evidence-based approaches. These include smart probation strategies, like Hawaii's HOPE program and South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Project, which emphasize swift and certain sanctions for violations, reducing recidivism and saving costs. Drug courts, which combine treatment with judicial oversight, have shown success in reducing substance use and criminal activity. The administration supports expanding these programs to improve public safety and health outcomes while reducing correctional costs.
Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug‐Related Offenses
Alternatives to incarceration (ATIs) are mainly designed for offenders whose criminal behavior is driven by an underlying substance abuse disorder. This behavior can include not only crimes related to substance use (e.g., possession) but...
People who use drugs engagement in substance use disorder services and harm reduction: evaluation, challenges and future direction of a community-based intervention
Background:
Since 1996, an urban community-based organization has been providing screening, testing, overdose prevention, referrals, and access to treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) and communicable diseases such as HIV through...
Conceptos básicos de ATI: fundamentos de las alternativas al encarcelamiento (ATI)
ISSUP, en colaboración con ICATI, presenta la parte II de la serie de seminarios web de ATI sobre los fundamentos de las alternativas al encarcelamiento (ATI).
Alternative à l'Incarcération pour les Usagers de Drogues: Cas de la Côte d'Ivoire
L'ISSUP Côte d'Ivoire vous invite cordialement à son webinaire sur l'Alternative à l'incarcération pour les usagers de drogues
Charting Progress: ISSUP Philippines' Contributions to Evidence-Based Drug Policy
In recent weeks, we have continued to prepare the implementation of the activities we outlined in our previous article (https://www.issup.net/knowledge-share/resources/2024-02/progress-and-promise-2024-begins-issup-philippines). Despite...
Reversal of Decriminalization Experimental Policy in a U.S. State
Four years after voters in the state of Oregon approved Measure 110, a failed decriminalization drug policy experiment in the U.S., Oregon's Governor Tina Kotek has endorsed legislation reintroducing criminal penalties for minor drug...
Call for Proposals: 2024 Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative (PTACC) International Deflection and Pre-arrest Diversion Summit
Proposals are now being accepted for the 2024 Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative (PTACC) International Deflection and Pre-arrest Diversion Summit. All submissions must be uploaded by April 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM PDT in order to be...
1st International Conference on Drug Research and Policy 2024
Present your work at the 1st International Conference on Drugs Research and Policy 2024!
The global approach to drugs and substance policy is a multifaceted challenge involving numerous nations and organizations. Many United Nations focal...
