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Civil society’s role in substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support highlighted at the 2024 ISSUP Conference
Partnerships with civil society are essential for implementing joint drug policy commitments, tackling the world drug problem and helping to ensure health and wellbeing for all.
Empowering Advocacy: ISSUP Philippines’ Recent Contributions to Partner Initiatives
For the past few months, the ISSUP Philippine Chapter has continued its behind-the-scenes preparations for several initiatives, especially for an upcoming National Conference this October, 2024. At the same time, our Chapter actively...
Do Drugs Contain What We Think They Contain? Results from CUSP: The Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project
Visually presents substance use trends and describes whether expected substance use aligned with actual substance contents. Data were collected from harm reduction sites in seven regions across Canada that participated in the Community...
Digital Recovery Support: Online and Mobile Resources
Not everyone can make it to meetings in person. Here are some resources that many use to access vital recovery support online from home.
Check this infographic by recovery research institute to know more.
Prevention Plus Wellness Programs Include SBIRT Protocol
Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) programs, like the SPORT, Marijuana, Vaping, Opioid and InShape PPW programs for adolescents and young adults include materials and directions for implementation as an optional Screening, Brief Intervention...
Progress and Promise: 2024 Begins for ISSUP Philippines
The beginning of 2024 shows promise for the ISSUP Philippine Chapter as it continues to work in the background to bring its planned events and activities into fruition. In the month of January, representatives met with various organizations...
Civil society submission and appearance to the Health and Trade Committees of the Parliament of Uganda.
Since inception in 2009, Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance (UAPA) has actively collaborated with various government and stakeholders, including Parliamentarians, the Ministry of Health, Uganda Cancer Institute, the Ministry of Education and...
Cost of Substance Use on the Economic Productivity of Canadians – Findings at a Glance
In 2020, the Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms (CSUCH) data reported that substance use resulted in a loss of $22.4 billion in productivity. This represents 45.6% of the overall cost and harms of substance use, which amounted to $49.1...
Eight Dimensions of Wellness
SAMHSA explains the concept of wellness, encompassing physical and mental health. This resource elaborates on the eight dimensions of wellness that cover various aspects of modern-day life, highlighting the interconnection between physical...
Children's day posters
Children's day based on substance abuse
Centros de Integración Juvenil participates in the 66th Commission on Narcotic Drugs
La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (UNODC) celebró la 66 Sesión de la Comisión de Estupefacientes (CND), donde participó como institución observadora de los Centros de Integración Juvenil (CIJ), miembro de la...
Centros de Integración Juvenil participa en la 66o Comisión de Estupefacientes
La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (ONUDD), llevó a cabo el 66.° Periodo de Sesiones de la Comisión de Estupefacientes (CND, por sus siglas en inglés), donde Centros de Integración Juvenil (CIJ) participó como...
UTC Self-Led Courses Available in English & Spanish!
Expand your knowledge of #treatment and #prevention for substance use disorders - Sign Up today for a UTC self-led course. UTC Courses 1-4 & 6-8 are now available in English & Spanish. Click here for more information: https://lnkd.in/gMT...
Datos sobre el uso de múltiples sustancias
Fuente: https://www.cdc.gov/stopoverdose/polysubstance-use/pdf/Spanish-Polysubstance-Factsheet-508.pdf
¿Qué es el uso de múltiples sustancias?
El uso de más de una droga, lo que se conoce como uso de múltiples sustancias, es frecuente...
Polysubstance Use Facts
What is polysubstance use?
The use of more than one drug, also known as polysubstance use, is common. This includes when two or more are taken together or within a short time period, either intentionally or unintentionally.
Intentional...
Recovery Research Institute Infographics
The Recovery Research Institute have put together a series of pamphlets presenting and discussing all issues relating to recovery support
Centre for disease control prevention factsheets: HIV and substance use
Sharing needles, syringes, or other drug injection equipment—for example, cookers—puts people at risk for getting or transmitting HIV and other infections.
In addition to being at risk for HIV and viral hepatitis, people who inject drugs...