On November 10th the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) formally launched the ISSUP UAE National Chapter, becoming the 14th country worldwide to establish a national forum for treatment, prevention and recovery support professionals. The launch included a press conference with ISSUP Global and local treatment, prevention and recovery support organisations.

De 4 a 7 de dezembro de 2019, na cidade de Águas de Lindóia/SP, Brasil, foi realizado o 6º Congresso Internacional Freemind.

O evento foi realizado no Hotel Majestic que possui um dos mais completos e versáteis centros de eventos do estado de São Paulo, a menos de 160 quilômetros da capital. São diversos salões com diferentes características e capacidades e salas de apoio distribuídas em quatro segmentos integrados, dispondo de espaços que comportam confortavelmente de 20 até 2.000 pessoas.

O Centro de Convenções do Hotel Majestic ficou pequeno para as mais de 2.000 pessoas presentes na...

Based on the plan of the Informal Committee (Ad-Hoc Committee), the establishment of ISSUP INDONESIA will be inaugurated and launched in Jakarta in May 2020, after forming and establishing an Official Board of the organization according to the strategic programs and activities in the short, medium and long term in February 2020. 

A preparatory meeting was held on 29th November 2019 at UYDEL office and they discussed about recruitment of members, updating of Uganda ISSUP website, the work plan for 2020, Launch of the ISSUP Chapter in April 2020 and future plans. The meeting also agreed to hold an initial meeting with identified members on 12th of December 2019 to get more input from members on the best way to run the ISSUP Chapter.

Compiled by Andrew Lubega

La consommation de substances psychoactives et les troubles liés à l’utilisation de substances psychoactives (TUS) continuent d’être des problèmes majeurs dans le monde entier, ayant des répercussions sur la santé mondiale et sur le fonctionnement social et économique. L’Office des Nations Unies contre la drogue et le crime (ONUDC) rapporte qu’en 2015, environ 250 millions de personnes âgées de 15 à 64 ans ont consommé des substances illicites au moins une fois. Parmi ceux qui consomment des substances psychoactives, un nombre important développera des problèmes de consommation de...

Kaboul, le 3 décembre 2019, CHATAR, KOR Compound 

Le 3 décembre à Kaboul, CHATAR et le Chapitre national afghan de l’ISSUP ont lancé un atelier sur le thème « Présentation du chapitre national mondial de l’ISSUP et de l’Afghanistan ». Les participants étaient principalement des coordinateurs de centres de traitement de la toxicomanie gérés par le ministère afghan de la Santé publique. L’ordre du jour était principalement axé sur la fourniture d’une compréhension claire de l’ISSUP et des rôles et responsabilités des chapitres nationaux et du processus par lequel l’Afghanistan est devenu un...

At the end of October ISSUP staff attended the third Lisbon Addictions Conference at the Lisbon Congress Center. Over 1,000 participants from around the world came together to learn about and explore challenges relating to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, the internet and other addictive behaviours. The conference provided ISSUP with the opportunity to engage with leading policy experts, researchers and practitioners across countries and fields.

ISSUP’s Chief Executive, Joanna Travis-Roberts, chaired a panel on the development, training and credentialing of the drug demand reduction...

Over 5,500 people joined us earlier this month for the launch of ISSUP Mexico during the 20th International Congress and 50th Anniversary Celebration of Centros de Integración Juvenil (CIJ) in Mexico City. The Congress was inaugurated by the President of Mexico, Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the Central Courtyard of the National Palace, where he congratulated CIJ for the exceptional work they have been carrying out throughout Mexico for over 50 years. He also highlighted the importance of the collaboration between the government and civil society in the development of the National...

There have been extensive training sessions in the Philippines on The Criminal Justice System UTC.

The training encourages a whole government evidence-based approach and is courtesy of INL Manila - US Embassy.

Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program Education Provider and ISSUP pioneer member, Serenity in the Steps, hosted a 6 day Universal Treatment Curriculum training for three major Philippine City Anti-Drug Abuse Councils from October 7-12, 2019. Makati city, Cebu city, and the Municipality of Agoo stakeholders participated in two of the first of a series of UTC trainings that would equip their respective community based recovery programs with evidence based tools.

The UTC 1 (Pharmacology and Physiology for Addiction Professionals) and UTC 2 (Continuum of Care for Addiction Professionals) trainings...