Best Practice Guidelines

Evidence-based recommendations and protocols designed to improve the quality of care and outcomes in prevention, treatment, recovery support and harm reduction.

Building the Foundation of Evidence-Based Practice: A Guide to Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention Resources

Reading List

18 December 2024

Evidence-based practice (EBP) serves as the foundation for effective prevention strategies, ensuring interventions, programmes, and policies are grounded in the best available scientific knowledge. This guide presents a curated collection...

Higher Education in Action: ITTCs Driving EvidenceBased Substance Use Practices Worldwide

11 December 2024

Online

We are very pleased to invite all of you to next month’s webinar on “Higher Education in Action: ITTCs Driving Evidence-Based Substance Use Practices Worldwide”.

This will be held on Dec 11, 2024, 7:00 AM US Eastern Time.

A rationale for an orientation towards systems of prevention

Opinion piece, commentary

27 November 2024

Prevention aligned with science and standards advocates for a person-focused rather than a drug-focused perspective when articulating responses and services. Such a perspective follows a narrative that early initiation to substance use is...

The Power of Collaboration Project: Substance Use Disorder treatment for women

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

18 November 2024

The Power of Collaboration is a joint project between ISSUP and the GWN. This initiative delves into three critical areas in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for women: MIND THE GAP: GLOBAL SURVEY EXAMINING ACCESS FOR SUBSTANCE USE...