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.
Screen4Success - Talk. They Hear You: Screening for Health, Wellness, and Well-being
Screen4Success – A Tool for Health, Wellness, and Well-being Assessment SAMHSA’s new “Talk. They Hear You.”® campaign mobile app helps parents and caregivers prepare for some of the most important conversations they may ever have with their...
20th European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA) Conference
The next ESBRA Conference will be held in Brussels 4 > 6 September 2025 at the UCLouvain, Brussels | Belgium.
Key dates:
- Symposium submission - 1st May 2025
- Abstract submission (oral/poster) - 15th May 2025
- Early-bird registration deadline - 30th June 2025
TOT Training on UPC-Practitioners Series: Core Course-Uganda
The training on UPC-Practitioner’s Series core Course was conducted on Monday 10th – 14th February 2025 in Wakiso district, Uganda at UYDEL Masooli Rehabilitation centre. The Universal Prevention Curriculum for Substance Use for...
National Training Program on Prevention in Schools: The Paraguayan Experience
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2024, a public call from the Ministry of Education and Science for the contracting of a higher education institution to design and implement a training programme in strategies for preventing psychoactive substance use...
BUILDING SAFER COMMUNITIES: A GUIDE TO PREVENTION WORK.
BUILDING SAFER COMMUNITIES: A GUIDE TO PREVENTION WORK. As a recovery ally and preventionist, I firmly believe in the power of research-backed strategies such as engaging young people in healthy activities, like sports, volunteering, or...
Use Artificial Intelligence To Curb Alcohol Abuse
When was the last time you “spoke” to a chatbot or virtual assistant? From which outfit suits a specific function, responding to interview questions, recipes, today’s weather, gift ideas, the list is endless. Just as we asked where we would...
From Drug Use Prevention to Social Integration: Thematic Discussions (1)
What does the new resolution on evidence-based prevention adopted at the 2025 United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs and other recent political agreements on prevention tell us? What role can governments, civil society and academia play in implementing them?
Natalia Riffo. National Director, SENDA, Government of Chile
Prevention & Demand Reduction (Big) Hand Book
Prevention & Demand Reduction Handbook: Denying or Delaying Substance Use in Communities – An Evidence-Based Best Practice Guide' Welcome to the handbook that’s here to shake up the substance use narrative: 'Prevention & Demand Reduction...
