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The ISSUP Gambia Chapter on Friday, November 25th launched a substance awareness campaign dubbed “Don’t Touch” for young children at the Sarah Kindergarten and Primary School in Lamin, in the West Coast Region of the Gambia.

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.  

As part of its day’s long event celebrating the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking also referred to as World Drug Day on Sunday, June 26th, 2022, the ISSUP Gambia National Chapter in collaboration with the Support. Don’t Punish Campaign conducted an evening workshop on the theme “Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crisis.”

The ISSUP Gambia National Chapter joined the rest of the world on Sunday, June 26th, 2022 to celebrate the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking also referred to as World Drug Day in grand style.  

Bakoteh Upper and Senior Secondary School in partnership with Drug Law Enforcement Agency - The Gambia (DLEAG) through the Drug Demand Reduction Unit last Friday launched a drug free club at the school.

The school-based club will be used as an advocacy tool to sensitise and advocate for a drug free school and a drug free community.

The Gambia has finally joined the prestigious list of countries forming the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP). The small West African country recently formalized its membership in the global drug demand reduction body with a colorful in-person and online event that was followed by a webinar on “Community Resilience in Substance Use Management” which attracted participants from 66 countries around the world.

ISSUP The Gambia would like to invite you to their launch event followed by a webinar on Community Resilience in Substance Use.

“Drugs are bad, you must not indulge in drugs and other illicit substances.” These were the words of Alasana Drammeh, the Executive Director of ISSUP Gambia while addressing a group of students at the Glory Baptist International School on Tuesday March 1st, 2022. Drammeh made the remarks at a workshop organized for about 50 teenage students as part of ISSUP Gambia’s program to sensitize school children on crucial preventive strategies to help them stay away from drugs.

The International Society of Substance Use Professionals Gambia National Chapter held its maiden general assembly on Sunday October 31st, 2021 at Dippa Kunda in the Kanifing Municipality.