Prevention

Strategy for Preventing Opioid Use Disorder in Communities

Book

Key Issues Substance use often begins in adolescence. Any substance use in adolescence can have detrimental effects on the developing brain. Effects of substance use/misuse accumulate over time increasing societal costs and public health...

EMCDDA webinar: Knowing youth — digital platforms for decision making

25 May 2022

Online

Objective: The main objective of this webinar is to explore and better understand the potential use of youth survey data in policy and prevention planning in a digital world.

Using Adolescent Development to Inform Prevention Practice

Video and audio recordings

17 May 2022

Participants will review major social and biological factors of adolescent development and implications for ways to approach substance use prevention/intervention. Objectives Include: - Describe prevalence rates for adolescent substance use...

Landmark international conference convenes to discuss advances in the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders

On 12 May 2022, attendees from all over the world gathered at the ADNEC in Abu Dhabi for a landmark international conference on . Read the full press release.

Applied Prevention Science International Celebrate Prevention Week

News

May the 8th-14th is National Prevention Week! Every day APSI will be highlighting one of their Prevention Nuggets, Prevention Talks and Prevention Portraits, all focused on one specific prevention theme. Head on over to APSI website to view...

Peer to Peer User Guide-Drug and Alcohol Peer to Peer Prevention Program

Book

4 May 2022

This guide is developed to facilitate the work of Peer Counsellors in training Peer Educators in substance abuse prevention. It is based on the experience from the peer to peer drug prevention programs conducted by UYDEL. This peer to peer...

Schools and drugs: health and social responses

Guide

21 April 2022

A new handy mini guide by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) on evidence-based policymaking for prevention of drug use in schools and educational settings.

Training on Universal Prevention Core Course (UPC - Core Course) for Prevention Professionals

Book

23 April 2022

In order to appropriately address the concerning global levels of substance Abuse Management and substance Prevention, it is vital that staffs are trained to deliver evidence-based Prevention intervention. At the start of March 2022, the...

UNODC Training for Albanian Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention, Treatment and Care of Drug Use Disorders

News

UNODC organized a training for 19 Albanian policymakers on the Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders from 12-14 April 2022 in Tirana, Albania. Participants from the Ministries of Health and Social Protection, Education...

Launch of the Spanish Chapter of ISSUP

ISSUP Webinar

20 April 2022

ISSUP Spain invites you to attend its launch event.