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Grenada's video submission to commemorate International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Pakistan Youth Organization organized a seminar on the eve of the international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking in collaboration with Freedom drug treatment & rehab Centre, Gujranwala Pakistan on 26th June 2023 at GIFT...

Mian Afzal Trust Hospital (MATH) Gujranwala Pakistan has organized Seminar in connection with the international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking with the theme "People First No Stigma and Discrimination". Col Dilshad Hussain...

Mian Afzal Trust Hospital (MATH) Gujranwala Pakistan has conducted poster competition in connection with international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Exhibition of poster was arranged at Mian Afzal Trust Hospital...

Col. Dilshad Hussain Shad Joint Director, Anti Narcotics Force Punjab has visited Mian Afzal Trust Hospital (MATH) Gujranwala Pakistan on 22nd June, 2023. Mr. Sana Ullah Rathore, Chairman MATH/Director ISSUP Pakistan and Sufi Muhammad Javed...

NAVCHETNA Training for Master Trainers has successfully completed at SCERT, Solan, Himachal Pradesh conducted by ISSUP India Chapter. The training took place from June 19th to June 21st, 2023.

Himachal Pradesh, located in the northern...

The fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies took place in Lisbon from 23–25 November 2022.

Under the overarching theme of Global Addictions, LxAddictions22 showcased cutting-edge research to help characterise...

INTRODUCTION: In Spain, the offer of prevention programmes is very varied and structured, but today the challenge remains how to put evidence into practice. European Commission define a best practice as “a relevant policy or intervention...

INTRODUCTION: Prevention science and quality standards of drug prevention in the EU and in the world have developed in recent decades. Progress has been made in quality development in Croatia, but the experience of the process of improving...

BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...

INTRODUCTION: In the favourable political climate of the mid-2010s, the standards for Assessment & Selection of Prevention programmes Issued from the Review of EDPQS (ASPIRE) were developed to support project planning in drug prevention.

M...

BACKGROUND: Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.

METHODS: A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...

INTRODUCTION: The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) is the main coordinating body for all matters related to licit and illicit substances as well as pathological gambling in Cyprus and it is responsible, inter alia, for the...

BACKGROUND: The implementation of quality standards in the treatment of substance use disorders in Lithuania is not well documented in the literature. AIMS: To describe the process of the development of quality standards from grassroots...

Stephanie Martínez estudia la carrera de Psicología en el Centro Universitario de la Costa, de la Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG). Recientemente representó a México, como voluntaria de Centros de Integración Juvenil, en el Foro de la...

Sexual and gender minority individuals face marked disparities in substance use.

This narrative review explores research on substance use in sexual and gender minority communities. The authors define the sexual and gender minority...

Professor Carol Emslie and David Barbour discuss research on gender, identity and drinking, and the disproportionate impact of substance use in the LGBT+ community.

In this research, the authors explored how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) young adults with problematic substance use made sense of their substance use in relation to their LGBTQ identities.

The authors interviewed...