Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
Highlights from the 2024 UNODC World Drug Report
ISSUP is pleased to presents highlights from the 2024 edition of the UNODC World Drug Report. The webinar is presented by Giovanna Campello, Chief of the Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Can a "treatment specialist" also be seen as a "prevention specialist" and vice versa?
A contribution by Jeff Lee from the ISSUP INEP Plus facilitators training course. Many individuals working in treatment automatically consider themselves to possess particular skills for engaging in prevention work. I have some concerns...
Responding to an International Need: INEP Plus
The Introduction to Evidence Based Prevention (INEP) provides learners with the essential principles of substance use prevention. Developed by Charles University (CUNI) in Prague, the course content is based on the European adaptation of...

International Cooperation in Drug Abuse Prevention: Lessons from Serbia
In this episode of the Pathways 2 Prevention podcast, we explore the critical role of international cooperation in drug abuse prevention with Branislava, a dedicated advocate from Serbia. Branislava shares her journey from law school to...

ICAP- Prevention Certified: My Journey
In May 2024, the National Authority for the Campaign hosted the first-ever National Drug Use Prevention Week. I had the privilege of co-hosting the event, where I shared my prevention story. Here's how it all began. A few years ago, NACADA...

FERYA [Active and Networked Families] – A Program to Empower Family Organizations for Environmental Prevention and the Promotion of Preventive Rights
Family involvement has proven to be a protective factor in childhood and adolescence, acting as a preventive barrier against risky behaviours, such as substance abuse and addiction, among minors and youth. Family- and community-based...
Students’ Experience with the Online Course in Prevention Science in Two Distinct University Settings: A Pilot Study
BACKGROUND: Online learning has the potential to increase accessibility to high quality and cost-effective resources in prevention of risk behaviors. The aim of this pilot study was to assess the experience of university students with the...
Technology and Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
In this article, Dr Goodman Sibeko considers how the SBIRT package might need to evolve in order to respond to an ever-changing landscape of technological influences.

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: A way of being
ISSUP South Africa cordially invites you to join its upcoming webinar on Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: A way of being.

Science Meets Practice: Localizing the International Standards on Drug Use Prevention in Kenya
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Community Collaboration for Prevention, on the 27th of June, 2024.