substance use

ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (28th Session): Trauma and Substance Use: Understanding the Connection and Promoting Trauma-Informed Prevention in Nigeria

14 August 2025

Online

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to the 28th session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar will focus on the topic of 'Understanding the Connection and Promoting -Informed Prevention in Nigeria'.

Reentry interventions that address substance use: A systematic review.

Scientific article

Justice-involved individuals with substance use problems have heightened risk of relapse and recidivism after release from incarceration, making reentry a critical time to provide evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for substance use; however...

MEET-UP EVENT - CONNECT & PROTECT NETWORK ACTIVITY, INTRODUCING ISSUP VIETNAM

Community update

29 March 2025

Hanoi, March 28, 2025 — In a significant step forward for the field of substance use prevention and care in Vietnam, the WECARE Center and the Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse – HIV (CREATA-H) co-hosted a national...

Perceived impacts of North Americas first de-medicalised safer supply program

Scientific article

10 March 2025

Background A non-medicalized safer supply model called a “Compassion Club” has recently been evaluated. The model involved providing rigorously tested and accurately labeled illicit substances to members at cost. Operating for 14 months in...

Connecting Research, Policy, and Prevention: Key Insights into Adolescent Substance Use from ESPAD and MedSPAD Projects

ISSUP Webinar

12 December 2024

ISSUP Italy presents its webinar on Connecting Research, Policy, and Prevention: Key Insights into Adolescent Substance Use from ESPAD and MedSPAD Projects.

Connecting Research, Policy, and Prevention: Key Insights into Adolescent Substance Use from ESPAD and MedSPAD Projects

12 December 2024

Online

ISSUP Italy presents its webinar on Connecting Research, Policy, and Prevention: Key Insights into Adolescent Substance Use from ESPAD and MedSPAD Projects.

Technology and Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Opinion piece, commentary

8 July 2024

In this article, Dr Goodman Sibeko considers how the SBIRT package might need to evolve in order to respond to an ever-changing landscape of technological influences.

Dr Goodman Sibeko ISSUP Greece Thessaloniki

Light Therapy as an optogenetic tool for addictive behaviors: Posing the Novel Technique

Scientific article

7 June 2024

Abstract Introduction: Addictive behaviors are continuously taking countless forms that significantly contribute to the global burden of mental health illnesses and strain care facilities. Achieving stability through the monoamine model...