All Resources for 'Media, Advocacy, and Communications original'

2026 National Drug Control Strategy - The White House

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Format
Guide
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Family-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
Best Practice Guidelines
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Ethics
Law
Data
Criminal Justice 
Law Enforcement
Border Control
Police 
Prisons / Corrections
Probation & Parole
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

The 2026 National Drug Control Strategy outlines a comprehensive roadmap to reduce illicit drug use and protect communities across the United States. It prioritizes stopping the flow of drugs and precursor chemicals at all borders through...

Playing legislative catch-up: Drug law reform in the Pacific

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Format
Website
Themes
Populations
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Refugees
Women
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
Quality Assurance
Monitoring and Evaluation
Public Health
Global Health Perspectives
Policy Advocacy
Mental Health
Resilience and Coping Strategies
Policy
Ethics
Law
Law Enforcement

Drug trafficking in the Pacific is rapidly expanding, shifting countries from transit points to consumer and production markets. However, many national laws remain outdated, as they were designed for earlier challenges like cannabis and are...

AI and Social Media: Emerging Opportunities in Substance Use Prevention

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings

 

This webinar presents key findings from a recent scoping review examining how artificial intelligence and social media are creating new opportunities for the detection and prevention of substance use, including among hard-to-reach...

Religious Community and Faith vs. Substance Use Disorder

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Psychoactive Substances
ISSUP Global presents a webinar on, "The Religious Community and Faith in the Face of Substance Use Disorder"

Recovery Capital

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Recovery-Oriented Services
Populations
Family

Recovery capital includes all the internal and external resources that a person has at their disposal to help them get engaged in and subsequently build and strengthen their recovery. The more recovery capital one has, the stronger their...

CCENDU Issue 7 (Part 1): Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada - Recent Trends

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Format
Report
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Monitoring and Evaluation
Public Health
Statistics
Data
Partner Organisation

This issue is a special two-part series. The first part features a regional breakdown of reports from seven Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) nodes and five drug checking services from across the country. It...

CCENDU Issue 7 (Part 2): Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada — Drivers and Adaptive Responses

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Format
Report
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Statistics
Data
Epidemiology, Aetiology and Statistics
Partner Organisation

This issue is the second of a special two-part series. Part 2 examines key factors driving stimulant use, what these trends mean for different groups of people and the responses being implemented to reduce harms.

Three key points of...

Understanding alcohol use disorder and help-seeking in a Hispanic faith-based community

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Abstract

Introduction

Hispanic Americans are disproportionately affected by alcohol use disorders (AUD) yet many are reluctant to seek alcohol treatment. Faith-based communities could serve as an effective setting for raising awareness...

Preventina (PreventAdvisor)

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Format
Website
Themes
Prevention
Policy Advocacy
Policy

On 9 March 2026, we officially launched Preventina (PreventAdvisor)—an AI chatbot designed to support prevention science, policy, and practice.

This is not a generic chatbot. Preventina is built on a curated knowledge base of verified...