Health & Justice Responses 

Technical document of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, is built from an approach to the international evidence on health of adolescents and young people linked to judicial systems; recognizes the national evidence of the...

Dear friends and colleagues, The Commission on Narcotic Drugs is starting very soon! In fact, tomorrow, Monday, 14 March 2022. Once again, all sessions, as well as the side events, are to be held online due to the pandemic. The good thing...

Substance use disorder (SUD) is common among victims of sex trafficking. Traffickers may exploit individuals' existing opioid use or other SUDs to coerce them into sex trafficking, or they may facilitate substance use to keep trafficking...

ISSUP UK are pleased to present their Webinar on Global Family Systems: Psychosocial Resilience during COVID-19.

Indonesia has been promoting science-based and ethical services to improve the health, well-being and recovery of affected individuals with drug use disorders and increase public safety to all drug use disorders treatment providers both at...

Source: Thakrar AP, Alexander GC, Saloner B. Trends in Buprenorphine Use in US Jails and Prisons From 2016 to 2021. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(12):e2138807. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.38807 Discussion In the US, buprenorphine use...

Summary What is known on the subject? Dual diagnosis is a term used to describe persons who have a co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. It is the cause of significant economic burden to health care, justice and...

Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Progress of Four Programs from the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.https://doi.org/10.17226/26060. Substance use...