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School-Based
Using educational settings to foster social-emotional learning and prevent the use of substances.
Is it time for Bangladesh to rejig its rehabilitation policies on mobile addiction in children
Just the other day a distraught parent came into my office looking for a rehab center for their teen. The crisis was not substance abuse but smartphone addiction. The situation has reached a level where the child experiences a great deal of...
Building Safer Communities: The Role of Community Policing in Substance Use, Violence and Crime Prevention in Uganda
ISSUP Uganda presents its webinar, " Building Safer Communities: The Role of Community Policing in Substance Use, violence and Crime Prevention in Uganda"
Protecting Youth from Mexican Drug Cartel Recruitment: The Prospects of Educational Interventions
This investigation considers the impact of Mexico’s War on Drugs since 2006 and the influence of widespread cartel networks on the youth population. As both victims and perpetrators of drug-related crime, the young individuals of Mexico are...
Addressing the recruitment of young people into criminal drugs networks
This report examines how and why young people are recruited into criminal drug networks across Europe. It highlights the range of factors that can increase vulnerability to recruitment, including social and economic disadvantage, peer...
The Role of Law Enforcement in the Reduction of Substance Use and Other Behavioral Health Risks: Substance Use as a Focus: United States as an Example
This paper explores how law enforcement can contribute to the prevention of substance use and other behavioural health risks beyond their traditional enforcement role. Using the United States as an example, it argues that police and other...
Reimagining Prevention: What Really Works for Youth- From Evidence to Practice to Systems
ISSUP Malaysia presents its upcoming webinar: "Reimagining Prevention: What Really Works for Youth- From Evidence to Practice to Systems. "
School Suspension as a Predictor of Young Adult Homelessness: The International Youth Development Study
School suspension in adolescence has been shown to predict homelessness in young adulthood, suggesting that it may be a point of intervention to reduce young adult homelessness. Under zero tolerance policies, school suspension is more...
Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda: Workforce, Capacity & Global Development Pt.3
In this third episode of Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda, the focus shifts from science to the people who make prevention possible.
A systematic review of reviews on comprehensive community initiatives to prevent or reduce alcohol and other drug harms
Background and Aims:
Comprehensive community initiatives (CCI) aimed at reducing or preventing alcohol or other drug (AOD) harms incorporate multiple initiatives delivered to whole communities to effect community-level change on...
My personal conviction of how ISSUP is helpful.
How ISSUP Has Impacted My Life and Community Practice
By Peter Chege (Mr. Talent), ISSUP Professional Member – ISSUP Kenya
ISSUP has played a significant and transformative role in my personal growth and professional practice...
Call for Review: School-Based Substance Use Prevention Standards
We’re excited to share that the School-Based Substance Use Prevention, Education, and Intervention: A Multi-Tiered and Developmental Approach for Kindergarten to Grade 12 Schools (PRV STD-16:2025), is now open for public review in both...
ESPAD Report 2024
The ESPAD report presents the results of the eighth data-collection wave, which took place in 2024, and marks an impressive 30 years of data collection by this long-standing collaboration. More than 113 000 15- to 16-year-old students from...
Social and Economic Effects of Alcohol and Drugs on Young People: A case study of Teso region - Uganda.
Context: Teso region in Eastern Uganda has one of the highest levels of alcohol and drug use Nationally. A project intervention aimed at preventing harmful use of alcohol and drugs among youth was initiated with support of Movendi /IOGT-NTO...
Teachers Training workshop at Hambanthota NDDCB Ministry of Health Ministry of Education
About programme The Preventive Education and Training Division of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB), Sri Lanka, successfully conducted the Guru Shiksha Teachers Training Programme from 22nd to 24 September 2025 at the...
GURU SHIKSHA, 17-19TH SEPTEMBER 2025 AT HECTOR KOBBEKADUWA TRAINING CENTER COLOMBO
THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL DANGEROUS DRUGS CONTROL BOARD (NDDCB), SRI LANKA, SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE GURU SHIKSHA TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAMME FROM 17 TH TO 19 TH SEPTEMBER 2025 AT THE HECTOR...
GURU SHIKSHA 18-20 SEPTEMBER 2025 @ WAKWELLA TRAINING CENTER - GALLE
The Preventive Education and Training Division of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB), Sri Lanka, successfully conducted the Guru Shiksha Teachers Training Programme from 18th to 20th September 2025 at the Wakwella Training...
Three-day Teacher TOT, Second Phase in Kurunagala District
Preventive Education and Training Division of National Dangerous Drugs Control Board collaboratively with Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka has conducted a Three-day TOT program for counseling teachers in kurunagala District (Second Phase).
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Community-Based Approaches in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Field Experiences from Jammu & Kashmir, India
Title: Community-Based Approaches in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Field Experiences from Jammu & Kashmir, India.
Introduction
Substance use has become a growing concern across India, with youth being disproportionately affected. In...
“Guru Shiksha” Three-Day Teacher Training Program
This report details the successful execution of a three-day residential teacher training program on school-based drug prevention, branded as the "Shiksha" program. Held from July 29th to 31st, 2025, at the Sarvodaya Training Center in...
World Drug Report 2025: Key Trends and Policy Challenges for Africa
ISSUP Global, UNODC, and the African Union presents their webinar on the World Drug Report 2025, focusing on key trends and policy challenges for Africa.