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WEBINAR IN COMMEMORATION OF THE WORLD DRUG DAY
The Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) and partners are inviting you to a Webinar scheduled for 20th June, 2023 between 11:00am to 12:00pm East African Time (EAT) in commemoration the World Drug Day with the theme” People first: Stop...
Seminar on Youth Participation in Substance Use Prevention
To build an affluent society, the youth must be involved in prevention of substance - Director General, Department of Narcotics Control
Youth is the time for our brain to grow and develop. Using of substances at a young age affect brain...
Seminar in Connection with international day against drug abuse by Mian Afzal Trust Hospital, Gujranwala Pakistan
Mian Afzal Trust Hospital (MATH) Gujranwala Pakistan is going to organize the Seminar in connection with international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking on 22nd June, in Conference Hall MATH with the theme "People First No...
No Smoking day commemoration by Pakistan Youth Organization
Pakistan Youth Organization has organized seminar on eve of international no Smoking day in collaboration with Freedom drug treatment & rehab Centre, Gujranwala Pakistan on 31st May, 2023 at Freedom Rehab. Sufi Muhammad Javed, Sana Ullah...
Family Day: NGO launches an information guide for parents
A l’occasion de la journée internationale de la famille, célébrée le 15 mai de chaque année, l’ONG RAPAA (Recherche Action Prévention Accompagnement des Addictions) a organisé une cérémonie de lancement d’un guide destiné aux familles...
MPSP se manifesta contra a descriminalização do porte de drogas para consumo pessoal
Dr. Mario Luiz Sarrubbo, Procurador-Geral da Justiça do Estado de São Paulo, protocolizou um memorial no Supremo Tribunal Federal – STF com o posicionamento do Ministério Público paulista sobre a pauta que trata da possível...
A história dos canabinoides sintéticos
As drogas sintéticas existem há anos. Também conhecidas como “canabinoides sintéticos”, o termo abrange uma gama de produtos químicos que alteram a mente que estão em constante evolução e são comercializados de maneiras extremamente...
ISSUP National Chapters Meeting
The meeting was chaired by ISSUP Global leaders: Joanna Travis, executive director, and Livia Edegger, deputy director, as well as the regional coordinators Bárbara Correa, Radolf Nortey, Kirsty Fitzpatrick and Olha Myshakivska...
24th Congress of the Spanish Society of Dual Disorders
The Spanish Society of Dual Disorders held its 24th Congress, both in an in-person modality in the city of Madrid, Spain, and with a virtual platform that allowed this knowledge exchange to reach a
greater number of people around the world...
"NAVCHETNA: A new Consciousness on Life Skills and Drug Education for School Children."
ISSUP India in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE), and the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MSJE) of the Government of India developed a teacher trainer resource module called "NAVCHETNA: A new Consciousness on Life...
Webinar on Addiction Prevention for Youth
The International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) Indonesia and the Indonesia International Training and Treatment Centre (ITTC) together hosted the second webinar on "Addiction Prevention for Youth" on Sunday, May 21, 2023...
The Role of Parents in Preventing Substance and Behavioral Addiction
The webinar prevention series on the role of parents in preventing substance and behavioral addiction, organized by ISSUP Indonesia and ITTC Indonesia, took place on Sunday, 16 April 2023, from 10.00-12.00 PM (GMT+7). The primary objectives...
Indonesia's INEP Plus Online Training
ISSUP Indonesia organized the Introduction to Evidence-Based Prevention (INEP) Online Course as a national-level training in Indonesia with 17 participants. The training, conducted by Dr.dr. Kristiana Siste, SpKJ, and Dr. Elvina K...
World No Tobacco Smoking Day- Visit at ANF by The University of Lahore Students
On May 31, 2023, on the occasion of World No Tobacco Smoking Day, a visit was organized at Regional Directorate Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Punjab, Lahore Office to meet newly appointed Director Commander Raja Tarqi Kiyani to discuss their...
Training of Master Trainers on the "NAVCHETNA" module
ISSUP India chapter in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MSJE), Government of India developed a teacher trainer resource module called "NAVCHETNA: A new Consciousness on Life...
Treatment for drug and alcohol misuse should involve families and communities
Alcohol and other drug treatment are generally only provided for individuals, often away from their families. Treatment aims to improve well-being and reduce the harms of substance use and families and communities can play a significant...
How alcohol consumption contributes to chronic pain
A team showed how both alcohol intake and alcohol withdrawal can lead to increased pain and hypersensitivity.
Chronic alcohol consumption may make people more sensitive to pain through two different molecular mechanisms -- one driven by...
National Drug Observatories from Latin American and Caribbean countries meet in Lisbon for ‘COPOLAD week’
National Drug Observatories (NDOs) from Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are gathering in Lisbon from 22–26 May for a week of activities under the COPOLAD III programme.
The overarching theme of the initiative will be...
FDA Approves New Buprenorphine Treatment Option for Opioid Use Disorder
For Immediate Release: May 23, 2023
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Brixadi (buprenorphine) extended-release injection for subcutaneous use (under the skin) to treat moderate to severe opioid use disorder (OUD)...
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