The Department of Social Development and the Central Drug Authority (CDA) hosted the 3rd National Summit on Substance Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, at Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre, in Boksburg. Under the theme: “Towards sustainable, coordinated and impactful strategies for national drug and substance use in South Africa,” the Summit unfolded on the premise of the need to realise a South Africa free of substance abuse through capacity building sessions on collaborative and coordinated evidence based and sustainable socio-economic interventions.