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Indonesia maintains one of the world's most stringent narcotics legal frameworks, codified in Law 35/2009, which imposes severe sanctions ranging from lengthy mandatory minimum prison sentences to capital punishment. This punitive stance has precipitated a crisis of hyper-incarceration, with national prison overcrowding averaging 108% with some facilities operating at 198% capacity, and detention centers exceeding 210%.

Substance use, including cannabis (known locally as marijuana/dagga) use, remains a major global public health concern. Cannabis use among adolescents is associated with significant harms associated with physical health, neurophysiological development, mental health, traffic injuries and violence.

In Aceh, Indonesia, a small but committed group of addictions professionals are working to expand the drug recovery system. The province hosts public and private recovery centres run by a number of social organizations, including the national health service (Dinkes), the police (Satpol PP), and publicly registered charities (Yayasan).

This presentation explores the pivotal role of addiction recovery helplines in enabling more sustainable recovery pathways and nurturing positive, recovery-oriented environments within communities. Drawing on nine years of data from recovery helpline services operated by local NGOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro, the evaluation offers valuable insights into the needs, challenges, and experiences...

THE POWER OF LOCALLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN ADDICTION PREVENTION.

Addiction prevention efforts are most successful when they are rooted in the local context—using what is available within a community to address its unique challenges. This...

ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, presents its webinar titled 'Words Matter: Language and Stigma Reduction.'

What does it take to truly learn Motivational Interviewing, and how do we build the kind of environments where that learning can stick?

In this third episode of the ISSUP Exchange series, Dr. Goodman Sibeko continues the conversation with...

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Studies have found associations between Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment during incarceration and reduced recidivism among recently released formerly incarcerated persons. However, the role of community-based Opi...

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Little is known about people who gamble in illegal settings, and the extent of differences in gambling behavior between legal and illegal gamblers is unclear. The present study examined the characteristics of illegal gamblers and...

ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, presents its webinar titled 'Returning to Basics: Successful Advocacy 101'