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Looking Back: A retirement interview with Jeff Lee

Format

Opinion piece, commentary

Themes

Prevention

Treatment

Health promotion

Recovery Support

Mental Health

Policy

Jeff Lee is well known in the field of drug demand reduction and is a founding figure in the creation of ISSUP. For over four decades, Jeff has played a major role in drug prevention and has undertaken and managed projects in more than 80 countries around the world. Jeff finally retired in March from his role as a Senior Consultant for ISSUP. In a quick chat with Jeff, he offers us a glimpse into his successful career, lessons learned, upcoming adventures and hopes for the future.

ISSUP founder and Senior Consultant Jeff lee speaking at the United Nations in Vienna

Youth drinking in decline

Format

Video and audio recordings

Themes

Prevention

Public health

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar, held over Zoom on 20 April 2022: "Youth drinking in decline: Implications for policy and practice" by Dr Inge Kersbergen and Dr Laura Fenton from The University of Sheffield.

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Launch event: Dame Carol Black’s independent review of drugs, part 2

Format

Video and audio recordings

Themes

Policy

Practice

Prevention

Public health

Recovery Support

Treatment

Contribution of Sport and Sport-based Interventions to Substance Use Prevention

Format

Video and audio recordings

Themes

Prevention

Partner Organisation

UNODC

Building on the UNODC Global Initiative on Youth Crime Prevention through Sport and its Line Up Live Up programme, the UNODC/WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention, and relevant research on the contribution of sport to healthy...

Perspectives of Repeat Drink-drivers in the UK

Format

Video and audio recordings

Themes

Practice

Prevention

Public health

Dr Andrea Mohan (University of Dundee) presented: "What can we learn from the perspectives of repeat drink-drivers? Findings from a qualitative study".

Why don't they just stop using drugs then?

Format

Video and audio recordings

Themes

Family

Prevention

Public health

Why don't they just stop using drugs then? Making the case for trauma and ACE informed substance use services.

Andrew has developed trauma and ACE informed approaches in North Wales and other parts of the UK and Ireland during the last...

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): everybody's business

Format

Video and audio recordings

Themes

Prevention

Public health

This presentation covered the cultural context of alcohol use in pregnancy in Scotland, the variety of effects that FASD can have for individuals and the implications of FASD in an everyday context, as well as the difficulties of making a...