Search

Recent United States alerts on fentanyl analogues, medetomidine, cychlorphine, drug mixtures and concentrated 7-OH products highlight evolving challenges across the substance use workforce. They invite us to review local preparedness, understand testing limitations and strengthen links between frontline services, laboratories and public-health partners. A useful response brings together clinical, prevention, recovery and peer perspectives, with clear responsibilities for turning relevant findings into action. For the global ISSUP community, these alerts offer lessons in preparedness while requiring careful consideration of local evidence, resources and service arrangements. Staying informed through trusted sources and sharing practical responses through ISSUP can help translate emerging knowledge into safer care and more responsive support for individuals, families and communities.

In this first episode of The Road After Prison: Care, Recovery and Safer Communities, Professor Goodman Sibeko is joined by Michael Chaple, an internationally recognised expert in correctional behavioural health, implementation science, and justice systems integration.

The month of August was a fruitful month for the ISSUP Philippines Chapter as it held its own in-person training on Motivational Interviewing, as well as continued its advocacies with partner government agencies and private institutions...

Recovery in the context of the justice system and incarceration refers to a long-term process of change through which people see improvements in their health and stability, experience changes in identity, strengthen relationships, and gain...

Expertos, profesionales y especialistas en prevención y tratamiento del uso de sustancias nos compartirán conocimientos, experiencias y las mejores prácticas.

 Fecha: 24 y 25 de setiembre
 Lugar: Auditorio de Humanidades - Campus PUCP

Rec...

This report was commissioned by Citywide because Community Drugs Projects had recognised a need for support to develop better service delivery for people who were neurodivergent. Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign is a national network of...

Este evento se llevará a cabo el jueves 3 de septiembre a las 8:00 p.m. 

Developed by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), the Workforce Competencies provide an evidence-informed framework outlining the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours needed by professionals working in substance...

Abstract

Importance  Individuals who experience opioid overdoses are at high risk of death, and data are limited about the comparative effectiveness of medications for this high-risk population.

Objective  To compare the effectiveness of...

ISSUP Global, in collaboration with the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC), present a webinar on onnecting Civil Society with the United Nations: Opportunities for Engagement in Drug Policy, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.

It’s been more than 50 years since the United States launched a “war on drugs.” History has demonstrated the ineffectiveness of “tough-oncrime” drug-use policies, including laws requiring mandatory minimum sentencing for possession of...

Introduction:

For adults involved with the criminal justice system who are reentering their communities postincarceration, there is a large need for community-based substance use treatment. Little is known, however, about the types...

ISSUP Indonesia , ISSUP Sri Lanka and ISSUP Kazakhstan, presents a three-part part webinar series on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders.