drug prevention

Safeguarding the Demographic Bonus: BNN's Prevention Strategy for Children, Youth, and Communities

Video and audio recordings

18 September 2025

This presentation was featured at Indonesia 2025, on the 18.09.2025. Author: Tri Julianto Djatiutomo Abstract: Indonesia is currently in a demographic bonus period, where the majority of the population is of productive age. This window...

Use Artificial Intelligence To Curb Alcohol Abuse

Opinion piece, commentary

16 April 2025

When was the last time you “spoke” to a chatbot or virtual assistant? From which outfit suits a specific function, responding to interview questions, recipes, today’s weather, gift ideas, the list is endless. Just as we asked where we would...

Prevention & Demand Reduction (Big) Hand Book

Book

3 March 2025

Prevention & Demand Reduction Handbook: Denying or Delaying Substance Use in Communities – An Evidence-Based Best Practice Guide' Welcome to the handbook that’s here to shake up the substance use narrative: 'Prevention & Demand Reduction...

Prevention & Addiction Science: Journey from Recovery to Prevention - Tasking prevention practices in recovery and recovery lessons in prevention.

Report

15 February 2025

This paper is a primer for exploration of these synergistic realities of engaging community driven prevention and recovery models that task lived and living experience of drug use exiting recovery for primary prevention lessons and...

Prevention & Addiction Science - Journey from Recovery to Prevention

Kenya Hosts Inaugural National Substance Use Prevention Summit 2024

News

28 February 2024

In a world where substance use continues to pose a significant threat to health and well-being, Kenya is taking a bold stand. Kenya hosted the first National Prevention Week 2024 culminating in the National Substance Use Prevention Summit...

The National Substance Use Prevention Summit 2024 in Kenya

The Process of the Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Prevention in Croatia: A Case Study

Scientific article

15 April 2023

INTRODUCTION: Prevention science and quality standards of drug prevention in the EU and in the world have developed in recent decades. Progress has been made in quality development in Croatia, but the experience of the process of improving...

UNODC held a National Round Table on the "Family UNited" programme

News

Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan. 7 December 2022. The Regional Office in Central Asia of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC ROCA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Karakalpakstan...

UNODC discussed the protection of adolescents and young people from psychoactive and narcotic drugs at a round table “Youth for a healthy lifestyle”

News

On 10 August, 2022, UNODC jointly with the representatives of ministries and state departments of the Republic of Uzbekistan, members of the Youth Parliament at the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament), as well...

The ISSUP Gambia National Chapter Ends Celebrations Marking World Drug Day with A School Visit

With assistance from the Support. Don’t Punish Campaign, the ISSUP Gambia National Chapter organized a school intervention program as part of its commemorations marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking also referred to as World Drug Day on June 26th, 2022.