Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
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...
International Medicine in Addiction Conference (IMiA25)
We are excited to welcome you to the premier gathering of medical professionals, researchers, and thought leaders in the field of addiction medicine.
The 2025 International Medicine in Addiction Conference brings together a community dedicated to advancing evidence-based practices, fostering collaboration, and addressing the challenges of addiction in all its forms.
International Conference on Substance Abuse and Addictive Behavior
The Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research & Addictive Behavior Prevention and Treatment invites abstract submissions for its conference to be held in Macau. This conference aims to bring together researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss critical issues, recent advances, and innovative approaches in substance abuse research, prevention, and treatment of addictive behaviors.
Call for abstracts – 16th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting 2025
Abstracts submission open until 18 April 2025! We are pleased to announce that the call for abstracts for EUSPR 2025 opens on 17 March 2025 and will close on 18 April 2025. Outcomes will be sent before the end of our Early Bird registration...
Introduction to Evidence-Based Prevention: The INEP Training Evaluation & University Implementation
Discover the essential principles of evidence-based substance use prevention, through INEP implementation as a university course.
Date: April 8, 9AM US EST / 2PM UTC
Presenter:
Dr. Fernando Salazar,
Principal Professor at the Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University,
ICUDDR Board Member