Каннабис является наиболее широко используемым запрещенным веществом в мире, с глобальной распространенностью 4% среди людей в возрасте от 15 до 64 лет и недавней тенденцией к росту употребления. Употребление каннабиса может иметь негативные последствия для здоровья, такие как нарушение развития нервной системы, повышенный риск наркомании и злоупотребления другими наркотиками, когнитивные нарушения, низкий уровень образования и повышенный риск психических заболеваний, таких как психоз, депрессия и тревожные расстройства. Употребление каннабиса во время метадоновой терапии может оказать...

ISSUP Kenya are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar on The Impact of Substance Use Disorder in Educational Institutions in Kenya.
 

This Webinar will discuss:

1. Nature of Substance Use Disorder
2. Epidemiology of SUD with reference to Kenyan Youth and Educational Institutions
3. Risk factors for SUD with reference to Kenyan cultural context
4. Situational factors on SUD epidemiology – COVID-19 etc.
5. Impact of SUD in Kenyan educational institutions
6. Possible interventions – tapping into expanding research and changing sociodynamics
7. Prevention and the role and practice of drug...

The Annual Meeting will be held on March 2-5 2022, and is currently scheduled to take place at the Edinburgh International Conference Center in Edinburgh, Scotland.  

The SRNT 2022 Annual Meeting may be a hybrid (part in person, part virtual) or entirely virtual, depending on how things play out in the coming months. A final decision about the meeting format (face-to-face hybrid virtual component vs. entirely virtual) will not be made for some time. In the meantime, attendees should not hesitate to submit for fear of being unable to travel. Rest assured that the meeting, no matter the chosen...

On Saturday 27th February 2021 the Executive Committee meeting of ISSUP Kenya took place. There were good discussions and more information will be forthcoming from the committee about the way forward for our organisation. In the meantime members are encouraged to continue sharing about various activities both professional and personal.

Present at the meeting was the President, Evans Oloo, Vice-President Susan Gitau, incoming secretary Jackie Anundo , ISSUP Kenya trustee Richard Gakunju, membership sub-committee chair Pamela Kaithuru, treasurer Susan Ruturi, committee member Grace Wanjiku, and...