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Strengthening Faith-Based Responses to Drugs and Youth Criminal Recruitment: CICAD's Experience in the Americas
ABSTRACT This presentation examines the experience of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in strengthening the role of faith-based organizations in addressing substance use and the growing challenge of youth recruitment...
Latin American Pastoral Manual for Addiction Prevention and Support
ABSTRACT Presentation of the Latin American Pastoral Manual for Addiction Prevention and Support, a resource that brings together science, faith and community experience. Developed through a synodal process involving representatives from 18...
Faith in young people? Understanding the potential and purpose of faith in the recovery and desistance journeys of adolescents and young adults.
ABSTRACT Holistic transformation and wholesale change are the ultimate goals of those who work with substance users. But what does it mean to be truly holistic? And what does it look like to engage young people holistically including in...
Peer-based interventions for substance use among young people
ABSTRACT Adolescents and young adults constitute a large proportion of the population in most low-to middle-income countries but face high levels of disability and mortality. This is influenced by unhealthy substance use, largely with...
Beyond Treatment: Building Systemic Capital for Recovery
ABSTRACT Treatment is essential to addressing substance use disorders, but access to treatment alone does not determine whether recovery can be initiated and sustained. People enter treatment with very different levels of personal, social...
A Mosque-Based MOUD Programme: Bringing Treatment, Peer Support and Faith Together
The Ar-Rahman Mosque programme in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was an innovative treatment initiative that combined faith-based and evidence-informed approaches for Muslim men experiencing Opioid Use Disorders. It was reported to be the first...