Recovery Support

The ongoing process through which individuals achieve improved health, wellness, and quality of life while striving for abstinence or reduced substance use.

Stigmatising imagery for substance use disorders

Scientific article

4 July 2023

Stigma is a barrier to treatment for individuals with substance use issues. Although there has been research conducted exploring the impact of stigmatising language, less is known about the effects of stigmatising images. This qualitative...

UNODC conducted Regional Training of Trainers on UTC 20 in Central Asia

News

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia in collaboration with Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, UNODC HQ held a Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) on Course 20 – “Populations with Special Clinical Needs” which took place...

“People first: stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention and treatment” in Mexico

News

“I had to become a person with drug use disorders to realize that we are all human.” These heartfelt words come from Brenda Torres Carrillo, a nurse working with the civil association PrevenCasa in Tijuana and a former user of drugs:...

Women, Religion, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Stigma

ISSUP Webinar

27 July 2023

ISSUP Kenya presents their webinar on Women, Religion, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Stigma.

Women, Religion, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Stigma

27 July 2023

Nairobi

Kenya

ISSUP Kenya invites you to attend their upcoming webinar on Women, Religion, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and .

Ecolink Institute hosts international panel discussion on "People First"

News

Ecolink Institute, an approved Training Provider of the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program hosted an online panel discussion on Social Stigma in connection with the International Drug Awareness Day on 27 June 2023 which underlined the need...

Panel members in action during the webinar

ISSUP POSTER FOR LISBON ADDICTIONS 2022: STUDY ON SUBSTANCE USE AND THE ROLE OF FAMILIES IN KAZAKHSTAN, PAKISTAN AND UKRAINE

Scientific article

1 December 2022

The fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies took place in Lisbon from 23–25 November 2022. Under the overarching theme of Global Addictions, LxAddictions22 showcased cutting-edge research to help characterise...