This week the ISSUP team has come together for its annual staff meeting. The meeting has offered a chance to reflect on the organisation’s achievements over the past year, as well as to plan for the year ahead to further ISSUP’s contribution to the professionalisation of the substance use prevention, treatment and recovery workforce.

The work with the National Chapters is progressing in an incredibly positive direction. We have 14 established National Chapters, 8 in the process of becoming formally established, and an extensive waiting list of countries that have shown an interest in...