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Introduction to SAMHSA 4E’s Modern and Comprehensive Prevention System

Video and audio recordings

SAMHSA recently introduced the 4 E’s as a “Modern and Comprehensive Prevention System” to support the work of prevention providers in States and communities. The 4 E’s: Early Action, Easy Access, Equitable Opportunities and Effective...

Teens and substance use — what can parents do?

Video and audio recordings

Objective: To help adults manage risks relating to adolescent substance use in line with evidence-based prevention principles. Background: Smoking and drinking among 15–16-year-old school students are showing signs of decline, but there are...

Botswana Situation on Substance Use Disorders: Efforts Towards Drug Demand Reduction

8 May 2023

Gaborone

Botswana

Join us on May 8, 2023 for an online event celebrating our first official year since launching ISSUP Botswana National Chapter on 29th April 2022.

Adolescent Substance Use and Risk Behaviours in the Mediterranean Region

Book

Preface The Council of Europe is the continent’s leading human rights organisation. It comprises 46 member states, 27 of which are members of the European Union. All Council of Europe member states have signed up to the European Convention...

EMCDDA Webinar: Teens and substance use — what can parents do?

8 May 2023

Online

Objective: To help adults manage risks relating to adolescent substance use in line with evidence-based prevention principles.

Alcohol and Other Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021

Scientific article

28 April 2023

Abstract Adolescence is a critical phase of development and is frequently a period of initiating and engaging in risky behaviors, including alcohol and other substance use. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated stressors might have affected...

Rome Consensus 2.0 Summit

2 May 2023

Rome

Italy

Join the upcoming Rome Consensus 2.0 Summit taking place from 2-5 May, 2023. The Summit is a unique opportunity to gather and engage in discussions with leading experts, professionals, activists, and Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders in a participatory meeting designed based on participants' national and international experiences.