Youth and Adolescents

Call for Nominations: Youth Representatives for ISSUP National Chapters Advisory Committee

News

ISSUP is pleased to announce the call for nominations for four (4) Youth Representatives to serve on the National Chapters Advisory Committee (NCAC). These positions will represent Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, ensuring that young...

Global Launch – Universal Nurses Addiction Curriculum (UNAC)

Webinar

10 September 2025

On June 26, 2025, the International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR) marked an important milestone with the global launch of the Universal Nurses Addiction Curriculum (UNAC). This initiative, supported by the U...

ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (29th Session): Beyond Tokenistic Roles: Harnessing The Power of Young People in Drug Use Prevention

ISSUP Webinar

23 September 2025

ISSUP Nigeria presents the 29th session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar will focus on the topic 'Beyond Tokenistic Roles: Harnessing The Power of Young People in Drug Use Prevention'.

ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (29th Session): Beyond Tokenistic Roles: Harnessing The Power of Young People in Drug Use Prevention

23 September 2025

Online

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to the 29th session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar will focus on the topic 'Beyond Tokenistic Roles: Harnessing The Power of Young People in Drug Use Prevention'.

Supporting children affected by the substance use of a parent or sibling

14 November 2025

Online

Delivered by a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, this two-day course explores the effects of substance use in the family on children, and how to support them. The course covers both direct support for children and young people, and how to support non-substance using parents or other adults to support children appropriately

Safeguarding the Demographic Bonus: BNN's Prevention Strategy for Children, Youth, and Communities

ISSUP Event

18 September 2025

Indonesia is currently in a demographic bonus period, where the majority of the population is of productive age. This window expected to peak by 2030 oKers a historic opportunity for national advancement. However, realizing this potential depends heavily on the capacity of the younger generation to stay healthy, productive, and free from the threat of drug abuse.

From Courtroom to Clinic: How Legal Rulings Shape Cannabis Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults in South Africans

ISSUP Event

17 September 2025

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.

Empowering Communities Across Borders: Adapting School and Family Based Prevention for Global Impact

ISSUP Event

17 September 2025

This presentation will explore how culturally adaptable, evidence-based prevention programs rooted in school and family setting can be scaled across borders to address substance use and mental health challenges in diverse, low resource communities.

Trauma in families affected by substance use

19 September 2025

Online

Join our training course equip practitioners to work more effectively with families affected by substance use where there is

Risk Behavior Among Slovak and Czech Adolescents Through the Lens of Self-Regulation, Prosociality, and Antisociality

Scientific article

3 November 2024

INTRODUCTION: In the present article, we focused on the relationship between risk behaviour in adolescents, self-regulation, pro-sociality and anti-sociality. We work under the assumption that the development of the ability to self-regulate...