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The International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) would like to share its intention to re-establish a National Chapter in The Gambia

Our National Chapters make a unique contribution to ISSUP’s mission at the national level to professionalise the workforce by acting as the national focal point for prevention, treatment and recovery support. 

With support from IDPC - Support Don’t Punish, ISSUP The Gambia celebrated World Drug Day 2024. The theme for World Drug Day 2024 was "The evidence is clear: Invest in prevention". The event focused on harm reduction.

The Executive Director of ISSUP The Gambia chapter, Alasana Drammeh, stated that today's workshop aimed to encourage youth participation, allowing them to actively engage in discussions on these important topics.

Support from IDPC , support Don’t Punish ISSUP The Gambia celebrated world drug day 2024 on The theme on harm Reduction and for World Drug Day 2024 The theme is “The evidence is clear: Invest in prevention”. Raise awareness: Develop an understanding of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prevention strategies mitigating the harms of drug use.

Executive Director Alasana Drammeh and General Secretary Mamudou Jallow of the ISSUP Gambia Chapter recently paid a courtesy call to the ISSUP Kaduna Coordinator Professor Ronke Grace Awopetu who is currently in the Gambia as part of a team of 15 Nigerian professors and doctors sent to support the University of the Gambia (UTG). 

ISSUP The Gambia would like to invite you to attend their upcoming Webinar on Cigarette/Nicotine use.

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.