Üsküdar University established the Fight Against Addiction Coordination Unit to carry out more effective studies in the fight against addiction. The Coordination Unit was divided into two main boards as Scientific Committee and Executive Committee. The Scientific Committee will work on developing a strategy, creating a policy and preparing an action plan in the fight against addiction. The Executive Board will also organize relevant projects by forming sub-commissions in the field of fighting against addiction.

President of Üsküdar University Psychiatrist Prof. Nevzat Tarhan was the guest of the live broadcast of the Söz Medyanı program broadcast on AKİT TV. Tarhan made evaluations on the subject of "Substance Use and Addiction". Emphasizing that the most important factor in the diagnosis of addiction is the loss of control, Tarhan stated that "It is not just drug addiction, there's behavioral addictions as well. This is how gambling addiction and digital addiction are formed. Even though these people do not take any substances, they have reward failure syndrome in the brain." Tarhan also pointed out that a pandemic of addiction awaits the world.

Üsküdar University Vice Rector Prof. Sevil Atasoy, who met with students at the Conference on Fighting against Addiction as part of the 2024-2025 Academic Year Orientation Days, pointed out that the position of transit country has been switched to the position of user country. Atasoy stated that "Substance addiction is a brain disease and must be treated. That is why we are vehemently against putting drug addicts in prisons."