Treatment Settings

Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.

World Drug Report 2025: Webinar on Key Trends and Policy Challenges for Africa

Opinion piece, commentary

8 September 2025

As a follow-up to our previous webinar outlining the Key Findings of the World Drug Report 2025, ISSUP on 28 August 2025 presented a review of the World Drug Report 2025 through an African lens. The webinar was moderated by Radolf Nortey...

Moderated by Radolf Nortey and A/Prof Goodman Sibeko, the webinar featured Dr. Anselme Simeon Sanou (UNODC), Dr. Olubusayo Akinola (AUC), and Dr. Martin Agwogie (ISSUP Nigeria), who shared insights on substance use trends, policy challenges, and opportunities for Africa.

Three-day Teacher TOT, Second Phase in Kurunagala District

Report

7 September 2025

Preventive Education and Training Division of National Dangerous Drugs Control Board collaboratively with Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka has conducted a Three-day TOT program for counseling teachers in kurunagala District (Second Phase)...

Three-day Teacher TOT Program, First Phase in Kurunagala District

Report

7 September 2025

Council of the European Union (1999), Point of Departure and Work Programme of the Horizontal Working Party on Drugs (HDG) for the First Half of 1999 under the German Presidency

Report

19 January 1999

In 1999, the EU highlighted the growing threat of drug abuse and trafficking, noting a sharp rise in cocaine, amphetamines, and synthetic drugs like ecstasy. Reports at the time showed that no Member State was spared from these challenges...

Dispatch from the Front: Lessons Learned at the Collision of Public Health, Peer Support, and a Rising Tide of Hope

ISSUP Webinar

16 September 2025

ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, presents its webinar titled 'Dispatch from the Front: Lessons Learned at the Collision of Public Health, Peer Support, and a Rising Tide of Hope'

Elevating Leadership: A Strength-Based Heart Centered Approach to Leading

ISSUP Webinar

30 September 2025

ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, presents its webinar titled 'Elevating Leadership: A Strength-Based Heart Centred Approach to Leading'

The Recovery Allies Link and Lend Inventive Engaging Support (ALLIES)

Report

4 September 2025

The Recovery Allies Link and Lend Inventive Engaging Support (ALLIES) Model introduced by NDDCB appears to be part of a growing global movement to professionalize and deepen recovery support services. In 2024, 18 members of the National...

Evaluation of an in-jail and post-release comprehensive treatment model for opioid use disorder in Massachusetts

Scientific article

Abstract Introduction: Incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorder experience high rates of opioid-related mortality upon release. Buprenorphine and methadone are effective at reducing mortality rates in this population, but evidence...

Treating drug abuse and addiction in the criminal justice system: improving public health and safety.

Scientific article

ABSTRACT Despite increasing evidence that addiction is a treatable disease of the brain, most individuals do not receive treatment. Involvement in the criminal justice system often results from illegal drug-seeking behavior and...

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

Scientific article

ABSTRACT This manuscript is the product of the authors’ discussions, literature overview, and consultation with experts in the field, and identifies important gaps in the evidence base for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment...