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Welcome to the Justice Systems hub! This page is designed for judges, prosecutors, legal professionals, correctional staff, and probation officers responding to substance supply, use, and related offences within the justice system. It provides curated, evidence-based resources, best practices, and learning opportunities to support effective, balanced, and informed justice responses.

Recommended Reading

A selection of Knowledge Share posts, webinars, podcast episodes for you to get started.

Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Jails. In Handbook of Mental Health Assessment and Treatment in Jails.

Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Interventions to reduce harms related to drug use among people who experience incarceration: systematic review and meta-analysis

Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Providing substance use disorder treatment in correctional settings: knowledge gaps and proposed research priorities—overview and commentary.

Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Rehabilitation and Re-entry Programmes for Justice-Involved Individuals and Their Effectiveness in Social Reintegration: A Systematic Review

Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Psychosocial determinants of recidivism risk among incarcerated individuals with a history of substance use: A systematic review

Prevention

Reducing Drug‑Use–Related Offenses Through Health‑Centered Approaches

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Latest ISSUP Webinars

  • Connecting Civil Society with the United Nations: Opportunities for Engagement in Drug Policy, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
  • Substance Use Disorders: Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches - Bridging Policy, Clinical Practice and Recovery Support
  • Día Internacional de la Juventud 2026: Lanzamiento de la Encuesta Global sobre la Juventud
  • International Youth Day 2026: Launch of the Global Youth Survey
  • Building Safer Communities: The Role of Community Policing in Substance Use, Violence and Crime Prevention in Uganda
  • Introducing the ISSUP Singapore National Chapter
  • Behavioural Addiction among Youths: Patterns and Innovative strategies for Prevention
  • Beyond Borders: Is the Synthetic Drug Crisis Outrunning Our Public Health Infrastructure
  • Highlights from the 2026 UNODC World Drug Report
  • Aspectos destacados del Informe Mundial sobre Drogas de la UNODC 2026

Latest Knowledge Share

  • Public Health Alert: Cychlorphine, a Highly Potent Emerging Synthetic Opioid
  • SBIRT AS A TOOL FOR PREVENTION AND REDUCING RISKY SUBSTANCE USE BEHAVIOURS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA.
  • Understanding youth recruitment to inform prevention: Insights from EUCPN
  • Beyond Treatment: Building Systemic Capital for Recovery
  • National Dialogue for Peace in Mexico: for a shared and habitable future
  • Factors Associated with Receipt of Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care Prior to Acute Care Encounters in Southern California
  • Addressing Youth Substance Use and Crime: Prevention and Recovery Lessons from Kinshasa
  • Making intersectoral collaboration work: connecting people, services and communities
  • From Darkness to Light: Spiritual Turning Points in Recovery among Former Substance Users in Norway
  • Religion and Spirituality in Addiction Recovery

Upcoming Events

  • Rx Summit 2027: Uniting the Nation to End the Addiction Crisis
  • Barcelona Forum on Drugs
  • Online training: Parental Substance Use - Essential Skills
  • Parental Substance Use - Hidden Harm, Trauma and Protective Factors
  • PTACC 2026 International Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion Summit
  • Online training: Intermediate level Resilience Building for Practitioners
  • 32nd International Conference on Psychiatry, Mental Disorders & Psychosomatic Medicine
  • CSAM-SMCA 2026 Scientific Conference and Annual Meeting
  • Society for the Study of Addiction Annual Conference 2026
  • Online Training: Supporting Kinship Carers

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