At the end of October ISSUP staff attended the third Lisbon Addictions Conference at the Lisbon Congress Center. Over 1,000 participants from around the world came together to learn about and explore challenges relating to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, the internet and other addictive behaviours. The conference provided ISSUP with the opportunity to engage with leading policy experts, researchers and practitioners across countries and fields.

ISSUP’s Chief Executive, Joanna Travis-Roberts, chaired a panel on the development, training and credentialing of the drug demand reduction...

Over 5,500 people joined us earlier this month for the launch of ISSUP Mexico during the 20th International Congress and 50th Anniversary Celebration of Centros de Integración Juvenil (CIJ) in Mexico City. The Congress was inaugurated by the President of Mexico, Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the Central Courtyard of the National Palace, where he congratulated CIJ for the exceptional work they have been carrying out throughout Mexico for over 50 years. He also highlighted the importance of the collaboration between the government and civil society in the development of the National...

There have been extensive training sessions in the Philippines on The Criminal Justice System UTC.

The training encourages a whole government evidence-based approach and is courtesy of INL Manila - US Embassy.

Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program Education Provider and ISSUP pioneer member, Serenity in the Steps, hosted a 6 day Universal Treatment Curriculum training for three major Philippine City Anti-Drug Abuse Councils from October 7-12, 2019. Makati city, Cebu city, and the Municipality of Agoo stakeholders participated in two of the first of a series of UTC trainings that would equip their respective community based recovery programs with evidence based tools.

The UTC 1 (Pharmacology and Physiology for Addiction Professionals) and UTC 2 (Continuum of Care for Addiction Professionals) trainings...

6º Congresso Internacional Freemind: 36 palestrantes nacionais estão confirmados 

A Mobilização Freemind e Capítulo Nacional da ISSUP no Brasil (Sociedade Internacional de Profissionais da Prevenção e Tratamento de Uso de Substâncias) estão promovendo este ano o 6º Congresso Internacional Freemind, que acontecerá de 4 a 7 de dezembro, em Águas de Lindóia, localizada no Estado de São Paulo. O Tema do Congresso esse ano é: Perder o futuro seria uma droga. Qual o impacto do álcool e do tabaco junto aos nossos filhos?

O evento contará com 11 palestrantes internacionais, 36 nacionais, 20 painéis...

Mian Afzal Trust Hospital (MATH), Gujranwala Pakistan (Approved Education Provider of Colombo Plan GCCE) in collaboration with ISSUP Pakistan Chapter is going to organize a training workshop of Universal Treatment Curriculum 4 and 7 in MATH conference hall, Gujranwala from 24th October, 2019 to 27th October, 2019 for addiction professionals in Pakistan. This training workshop is supported by Mr. Bashir Ahmad Naz, President ISSUP Pakistan Chapter and Mian Afzal Trust Hospital, Gujranwala Pakistan. Mr. Muhammad Ayub, Senior Adviser, Colombo Plan, Drug Advisory Programme, and Mr. Muhammad Bashir...