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Supply & Market Disruption
Supply and market disruption refers to coordinated strategies aimed at reducing the production, trafficking, distribution, and availability of illicit substances. These strategies often involve law enforcement, regulatory controls, border management, and financial investigations designed to disrupt drug trafficking networks and weaken illicit drug markets. By targeting supply chains and market dynamics, these efforts aim to reduce the availability of drugs, increase the risks and costs associated with illegal production and distribution, and contribute to broader efforts to reduce substance-related harms. Effective supply and market disruption typically operates alongside public health, prevention, treatment, and recovery responses as part of a comprehensive approach to substance use.
Law enforcement-led, pre-arrest diversion-to-treatment may reduce crime recidivism, incarceration, and overdose deaths: Program evaluation outcomes.
Abstract
Introduction: Substance use disorder (SUD), overdose, and drug use-related crime continue to increase in the U.S. Pre-arrest diversion-to-treatment programs may decrease crime recidivism and overdose deaths. We assessed the impact...
A multi-site evaluation of law enforcement deflection in the United States.
Many law enforcement and other first responder agencies have adopted deflection as a front-line response to the increasing number of drug overdoses and deaths in the United States over the past two decades. Deflection programs aim to...
Moving Beyond Referrals: Addressing Multilevel Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Engagement Through Police-Led Recovery Management Check-Ups
ABSTRACT
The opioid epidemic in the United States (US) has prompted innovative responses from law enforcement agencies including specialized units to refer overdose survivors to substance use treatment following an overdose. However...
The changing DNA of serious and organised crime
Europol’s EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) 2025, published today, reveals how the very DNA of crime is shifting – reshaping the tactics, tools and structures employed by criminal networks.
The EU-SOCTA offers one...
Release of Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats Report
The latest report from the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats highlights the significant progress made since its launch in July 2023.
GISA raises alarm over danger of synthetic drug abuse
Nigeria is facing a growing crisis with synthetic drugs, with stakeholders warning of devastating consequences if urgent actions are not taken.
Day 2, 16:00 - 15:30, ISSUP, Community Collaboration for Prevention
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 27th of June, 2024.
UNODC World Drug Report 2024: Harms of world drug problem continue to mount amid expansions in drug use and markets
The emergence of new synthetic opioids and a record supply and demand of other drugs has compounded the impacts of the world drug problem, leading to a rise in drug use disorders and environmental harms, according to the World Drug Report 2024 launched by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Highlights from the 2024 UNODC World Drug Report
ISSUP is pleased to presents highlights from the 2024 edition of the UNODC World Drug Report. The webinar is presented by Giovanna Campello, Chief of the Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Bringing law enforcement officers closer to other agents of prevention. The experience with UNODC Guiding Document on the Role of Law Enforcement Officers in Drug Use Prevention within School Settings
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Community Collaboration for Prevention, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Penalties for drug law offences in Europe at a glance
This resource facilitates the examination and comparison of penalties or rehabilitative measures for primary drug-related offenses such as drug use, possession for personal use, and supply-related crimes across European countries...
Nova coalizão global é lançada para enfrentar ameaças de drogas sintéticas
Em 7 de julho de 2023, o secretário de Estado dos EUA, Antony Blinken, organizou uma reunião virtual de nível ministerial para lançar uma Coalizão Global para enfrentar as ameaças às drogas sintéticas.
World Drug Report 2023
For the first time since its conception, this year the World Drug Report consists of two products, a web-based element and a set of booklets.
Destaques do Relatório Mundial sobre Drogas 2023 do UNODC
A ISSUP tem o prazer de apresentar nosso Webinar sobre os destaques da edição de 2023 do Relatório Mundial sobre Drogas do UNODC.
O Papel dos Agentes da Lei na Prevenção do Uso de Drogas em Ambientes Escolares: Um Documento Orientador
No contexto da aplicação da lei, o UNODC desenvolveu um documento orientador para ajudar a apoiar uma mudança de cultura sobre como fazer uso da ciência da prevenção para a melhoria do desenvolvimento da saúde e segurança dos jovens.
O...
Relatório Global sobre Cocaína 2023
O Relatório Global sobre Cocaína 2023 detalha como o cultivo de coca aumentou 35% de 2020 para 2021, um recorde e o aumento ano a ano mais acentuado desde 2016.
Irregular Migration, Drug Use and Drug Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa; Libya and Nigeria
Abstract
Background: This study examined the context of drug use and trafficking in irregular migration among identified Nigerian-returned migrants from Libyan detention centers in the transit or destination along the Mediterranean...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Sixteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar on the topic of 'Substance Use Prevention Interventions in Schools: Alternatives to Punishment'.
Webinar Bimestral: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Décima Quarta Sessão)
A ISSUP Nigéria tem o prazer de apresentar seu próximo Webinar Bimestral na Série de Atualização de Conhecimento. Este webinar centrar-se-á no tema "O Uso de Metanfetamina na Nigéria: Análise de Tendências e Ameaças".
DESK REVIEW: Apoio a Pessoas com Transtorno por Uso de Substâncias na Ucrânia Durante a Guerra
Resumo
A guerra na Ucrânia levou inevitavelmente o sistema de saúde do país a funcionar com capacidade reduzida. Ataques perto de hospitais e operações militares ativas forçam as pessoas a mudar de residência e fugir da guerra para regiões...
