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Treatment Settings
Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.
A scoping review of spirituality in relation to substance use disorders: Psychological, biological, and cultural issues
This scoping review explores the role of spirituality in substance use disorders (SUD) across psychological, biological and cultural dimensions. It reviews research on topics including spiritual awakening, drug craving, psychedelic-assisted...
A mosque-based methadone maintenance treatment strategy: Implementation and pilot results
This study describes an Islamic-inspired methadone maintenance treatment programme delivered in a mosque setting for 36 Muslim men who used heroin. The programme combined methadone treatment with peer support and religious counselling...
Evaluating the Efficacy of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on Craving Reduction and Relapse Prevention in Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Background: High relapse rates in alcohol (AUD) and opioid (OUD) use disorders remain a major treatment challenge. This study investigated the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for sustained... |
Structural and Regulatory Deficits in Alcohol Control Policy: A Critical Evaluation of Advertising Governance and Treatment Systems in Nigeria’s Draft NNAP 2025
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Nigeria ranks among countries with the highest alcohol consumption rates among individuals aged 15 and above, posing adverse public health risks. On one hand, excessive advertising, and aggressive marketing strategies has... |
Integrated In-Patient Rehabilitation and Community Outreach for Substance Use Disorders in a Resource-Limited Post-Conflict Setting: Experience from Liberia
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Substance use disorders (SUDs) represent an increasing public health challenge in Liberia, particularly among vulnerable youth and individuals affected by trauma, poverty, and social instability. The National Rehabilitation... |
The prevalence, risk and protective factors and service needs in relation to the comorbidity of substance use and neurodiversity
This report was commissioned by Citywide because Community Drugs Projects had recognised a need for support to develop better service delivery for people who were neurodivergent. Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign is a national network of...
The Changing Approach to Addiction — From Incarceration to Treatment and Recovery Support
It’s been more than 50 years since the United States launched a “war on drugs.” History has demonstrated the ineffectiveness of “tough-oncrime” drug-use policies, including laws requiring mandatory minimum sentencing for possession of...
Community-based substance use treatment programs for reentering justice-involved adults: A scoping review
Introduction:
For adults involved with the criminal justice system who are reentering their communities postincarceration, there is a large need for community-based substance use treatment. Little is known, however, about the types...
Bangladesh’s Youth Victims of Addiction: A Hidden Crisis Behind the Number
Introduction
In Bangladesh, drug addiction has ceased to be only a law enforcement problem. It has become a serious social and psychological disaster. Its principal victims are the most promising population of the country: the youth. A...
International Youth Day 2026: Launch of the Global Youth Survey
ISSUP Global Youth Network, in collaboration with Drug Free America Foundation, World Federation Against Drugs and Fourth Wave Foundation, presented a webinar to celebrate International Youth Day on 12 August.
Bangladesh’s Youth Victims of Addiction: A Hidden Crisis Behind the Number
Introduction
In Bangladesh, drug addiction has ceased to be only a law enforcement problem. It has become a serious social and psychological disaster. Its principal victims are the most promising population of the country: the youth. A...
Beyond Borders: Is the Synthetic Drug Crisis Outrunning Our Public Health Infrastructure
I had the chance to review a compelling research presentation hosted by the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), which revealed significant data from a large-scale study on methamphetamine (‘Crystal Meth/Ice’) use...
Building Safer Communities: The Role of Community Policing in Substance Use, Violence and Crime Prevention in Uganda
ISSUP Uganda presents its webinar, " Building Safer Communities: The Role of Community Policing in Substance Use, violence and Crime Prevention in Uganda"
The Invisible Crisis: Female Substance Use Disorder, Psychological Trauma, and Policy Gaps in Bangladesh.
Although the public health theme often dominates conversations on Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in Bangladesh, an important and strongly gendered factor is dangerously obscured: female substance use. What was once a hushed family secret...
The Role of Faith Communities in Addressing Substance Use and Crime – Reading List (Part 2)
In this second reading list, we continue exploring the growing evidence on the role and contribution of faith communities and faith-based organisations in addressing substance use and crime, with a particular focus on treatment engagement...
During, After, or Both? Isolating the Effect of Religious Support on Recidivism During Reentry
This study examines how religious support during and after incarceration influences substance use and recidivism among people returning to the community. Using data from the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative, the authors...
Introducing the ISSUP Singapore National Chapter
ISSUP Singapore presents its maiden webinar. This webinar will introduce the ISSUP community to Singapore’s Substance Use workforce and outlining the priorities of the newly formed chapter.
Behavioural Addiction among Youths: Patterns and Innovative strategies for Prevention
ISSUP Nigeria presents the 34th session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar will focus on the topic 'Behavioural Addiction among Youths: Patterns and Innovative strategies for Prevention'.
Tobacco Associated Disease Claims and ICD-10 F17 Tobacco Dependence Coding Among Psychiatric Patients in Indonesia National Health Insurance Dataset: A Retrospective Claims-Based Observational Study, 2015 - 2023
To compare hospital claims and costs for major tobacco associated diseases with ICD 10 F17 tobacco dependence coding in Indonesian national health insurance claims and to assess whether the insurer records tobacco addiction or mainly pays for its complications.
4th International Symposium on Drug-Related Studies - 2026, Sri Lanka
Call for Abstracts – 4th International Symposium on Drug-Related Studies 2026
The National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB), Sri Lanka, warmly invites researchers, academics, policymakers, practitioners, healthcare professionals, law...
