Family

Listen First: The Science of Patience

Video and audio recordings

Listen First is a UNODC initiative to support happy, healthy and happy family relationships. This video demonstrates how patience makes children feel cared for and loved and is key in creating meaningful relationships and good communication...

Motivations for Treatment Engagement in a Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program: A Qualitative Study

Scientific article

28 August 2020

Abstract Aims: The aim of this study was to explore perspectives on motivations for treatment engagement from substance use disorder (SUD) clients in a long-term residential rehabilitation program. Design and Methods: A convenience sample...

Building Strength and Resilience during the COVID 19 Pandemic A Focus on Parents with Substance Use

Video and audio recordings

Hendree Jones, Professor UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Executive Director UNC Horizons presents on work developed in summer 2020 regarding helping parents cope.

In Quito, Ecuador, we see how to address the comprehensive prevention of addiction

News

On December 2, 2020, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ecuador, participated in the 'First Meeting of Experts in Prevention of Integral Addiction' organized by the Metropolitan Health Secretariat, through the Comprehensive...

New Video on Alternatives to Incarceration

Video and audio recordings

7 December 2020

Policies that allow for alternatives to incarceration are a way to link individuals with substance use disorders to supportive treatment and social services. This proven approach increases the number of people in long term recovery and...

Webinar: Preventive policies in higher education: creating preventive contexts

ISSUP Webinar

1 December 2020

ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar presenting the results of the latest study on substance use in higher education students in Chile. The webinar will take place on Thursday, December 1, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. (Chile time)...

Webinar | Family Based Interventions during COVID-19 in a Low Resource Setting

ISSUP Webinar

25 November 2020

On 25th November, ISSUP Uganda presented their first Webinar on the topic of Family Based Interventions that can address unhealthy risk behaviour and substance abuse among adolescents during covid-19, in a low resource setting.

UNODC Listen First Campaign

News

During the global pandemic in 2020, UNODC has focused the Listen First materials to increase support for prevention of drug use that is based on science and is thus an effective investment in the well-being of children and youth, their families and their communities, specifically during times of isolation and physical distancing.

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Third Session)

ISSUP Webinar

26 November 2020

On 26th November 2020, ISSUP Nigeria presented the Third Webinar in their Knowledge Update Series, focusing on the topic 'Drug Use / Addiction and the Family: Support Systems'.

Online Echo Training on the Living Drug Free (Child) Curriculum in Bangladesh

News

Drug abuse is a tremendous menace in society with grave biological, social, financial, psychological, and security effects on the individuals, families, and the community. In the context of our country, the number of children with drug...