On November 10th the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) formally launched the ISSUP UAE National Chapter, becoming the 14th country worldwide to establish a national forum for treatment, prevention and recovery support professionals. The launch included a press conference with ISSUP Global and local treatment, prevention and recovery support organisations.

De 4 a 7 de dezembro de 2019, na cidade de Águas de Lindóia/SP, Brasil, foi realizado o 6º Congresso Internacional Freemind.

O evento foi realizado no Hotel Majestic que possui um dos mais completos e versáteis centros de eventos do estado de São Paulo, a menos de 160 quilômetros da capital. São diversos salões com diferentes características e capacidades e salas de apoio distribuídas em quatro segmentos integrados, dispondo de espaços que comportam confortavelmente de 20 até 2.000 pessoas.

O Centro de Convenções do Hotel Majestic ficou pequeno para as mais de 2.000 pessoas presentes na...

Based on the plan of the Informal Committee (Ad-Hoc Committee), the establishment of ISSUP INDONESIA will be inaugurated and launched in Jakarta in May 2020, after forming and establishing an Official Board of the organization according to the strategic programs and activities in the short, medium and long term in February 2020. 

A preparatory meeting was held on 29th November 2019 at UYDEL office and they discussed about recruitment of members, updating of Uganda ISSUP website, the work plan for 2020, Launch of the ISSUP Chapter in April 2020 and future plans. The meeting also agreed to hold an initial meeting with identified members on 12th of December 2019 to get more input from members on the best way to run the ISSUP Chapter.

Compiled by Andrew Lubega

O uso de substâncias psicoativas e os transtornos por uso de substâncias (SUDs) continuam a ser grandes problemas em todo o mundo, afetando a saúde global e o funcionamento social e econômico. O Escritório das Nações Unidas sobre Drogas e Crime (UNODC) informa que, em 2015, cerca de 250 milhões de pessoas entre 15 e 64 anos usaram substâncias ilícitas pelo menos uma vez. Daqueles que usam substâncias psicoativas, um número significativo desenvolverá problemas de uso de substâncias ou SUDs. A pesquisa do UNODC de 2015 descobriu que cerca de 29,5 milhões de usuários de substâncias sofrem de...

Kabul, 3rd of December 2019, CHATAR, KOR Compound 

CHATAR and ISSUP Afghanistan National Chapter launched a workshop on the 'Introduction of Global ISSUP and Afghanistan National Chapter' on 3rd of December in Kabul. The participants were mainly drug treatment centre coordinators run by the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan. The agenda was mainly focused on providing a clear understanding of ISSUP and the roles and responsibilities of National Chapters and the process through which Afghanistan became an established Chapter of ISSUP. The potential for the Afghanistan Chapter and the...

At the end of October ISSUP staff attended the third Lisbon Addictions Conference at the Lisbon Congress Center. Over 1,000 participants from around the world came together to learn about and explore challenges relating to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, the internet and other addictive behaviours. The conference provided ISSUP with the opportunity to engage with leading policy experts, researchers and practitioners across countries and fields.

ISSUP’s Chief Executive, Joanna Travis-Roberts, chaired a panel on the development, training and credentialing of the drug demand reduction...

Over 5,500 people joined us earlier this month for the launch of ISSUP Mexico during the 20th International Congress and 50th Anniversary Celebration of Centros de Integración Juvenil (CIJ) in Mexico City. The Congress was inaugurated by the President of Mexico, Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the Central Courtyard of the National Palace, where he congratulated CIJ for the exceptional work they have been carrying out throughout Mexico for over 50 years. He also highlighted the importance of the collaboration between the government and civil society in the development of the National...

There have been extensive training sessions in the Philippines on The Criminal Justice System UTC.

The training encourages a whole government evidence-based approach and is courtesy of INL Manila - US Embassy.

Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program Education Provider and ISSUP pioneer member, Serenity in the Steps, hosted a 6 day Universal Treatment Curriculum training for three major Philippine City Anti-Drug Abuse Councils from October 7-12, 2019. Makati city, Cebu city, and the Municipality of Agoo stakeholders participated in two of the first of a series of UTC trainings that would equip their respective community based recovery programs with evidence based tools.

The UTC 1 (Pharmacology and Physiology for Addiction Professionals) and UTC 2 (Continuum of Care for Addiction Professionals) trainings...