This week, we say goodbye to our dear friend and mentor, Jeff Lee, the founding Executive Director of ISSUP. Jeff was a steadfast advocate for the professionalization of prevention, insisting that those working in this field should be appropriately specialized. He often reminded us that while generalists and treatment specialists are well-meaning and deeply embedded within their communities, they are not always best placed to develop and implement evidence-based prevention systems. Jeff emphasized that prevention must be treated as a distinct science—one that is grounded in rigorous research...

On October 15th, the beginning of the Youth Leaders Forum on Substance Use Prevention in Guatemala in virtual mode. The activity aimed at young people between 18 and 26 years old seeks for participants to take advantage of strategies to develop substance consumption prevention projects, which are based on evidence and have an impact on their immediate surroundings. With them, young people assume a leading role in the prevention of substance use, to be key agents for the development of initiatives, acquiring knowledge and skills that can be transferred to other context situations. This...