Addiction

Biotechnological treatment, including addiction treatment, is the way of the future. Researchers and pharmaceutical companies praise depot injections, agonist/antagonist implants, deep brain stimulation, and hapten conjugate vaccines as...

Tobacco smoking is the greatest cause of sickness and early death worldwide, with 8 million people dying each year from a smoking-related condition. The use of pharmaceutical or behavioural assistance improves smokers' chances of quitting...

ISSUP Argentina held a webinar presenting a general initial framework and evidence on the characterization and approach of problematic substance use in the population of women deprived of liberty. The webinar took place on Tuesday, October...

The Latin American Journal of Mental Health and Therapeutic Communities (RELASMECT) is an initiative that gather professionals from all over Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and the United States, focused on the creation and...

To mark International Overdose Awareness Day on 31st of August 2021, the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health Organization, presented an online event profiling naloxone programmes as a pathway for improving outcomes in the treatment of opioid dependence, overdose reduction, and saving lives.