Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
Can a "treatment specialist" also be seen as a "prevention specialist" and vice versa?
A contribution by Jeff Lee from the ISSUP INEP Plus facilitators training course.
Youth TOT in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka has collaborated with National Dangerous Drugs Control Board to enhance the quality of lives their farmers and reduce the use of substance in their areas since 2016. In 2025 February, Mahaweli Authority of...
Youth TOT in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka has collaborated with National Dangerous Drugs Control Board to enhance the quality of lives their farmers and reduce the use of substance in their areas since 2016. In 2025 February, Mahaweli Authority of...
Youth TOT in Thabuttegama, Sri Lanka
Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka has collaborated with National Dangerous Drugs Control Board to enhance the quality of lives their farmers and reduce the use of substance in their areas since 2016. In 2025 January, Mahaweli Authority of Sri...
Youth TOT in Thabuttegama, Sri Lanka
Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka has collaborated with National Dangerous Drugs Control Board to enhance the quality of lives their farmers and reduce the use of substance in their areas since 2016. In 2025 January, Mahaweli Authority of Sri...
Sports as a Catalyst for Change: Addressing Alcohol use among Refugees in Uganda-Case study Nakivale refugee settlement, south western Uganda
The global refugee crisis presents complex challenges, including increased vulnerability to substance abuse. This presentation explores how sports can empower refugees and mitigate alcohol and drug use issues within displaced communities
Prevention & Addiction Science: Journey from Recovery to Prevention - Tasking prevention practices in recovery and recovery lessons in prevention.
This paper is a primer for exploration of these synergistic realities of engaging community driven prevention and recovery models that task lived and living experience of drug use exiting recovery for primary prevention lessons and...
Substance Permissiveness: Good or Bad?
The Role of Permissiveness by Parents/Caregivers in Substance Prevention Permissiveness in substance prevention can be misleading and often carries severe consequences for both parents and caregivers. Allowing substance use under the...
Perceived impacts of North Americas first de-medicalised safer supply program
Background A non-medicalized safer supply model called a “Compassion Club” has recently been evaluated. The model involved providing rigorously tested and accurately labeled illicit substances to members at cost. Operating for 14 months in...