This updates advice to practitioners, highlighting key points from five recent international research papers, plus commentary on the evidence and links to current guidance in the USA, UK and Europe.
This US report discusses decades of scientific studies examining the connection between adolescent substance use and school failure.
Deadline is fast approaching for abstracts submission for the Issues of Substance conference taking place in Ottawa on the 4-6 November 2013!
The UNODC released its evidence-based 'International Standards on Drug Use Prevention' in Vienna March 2013 with contributions from Mentor International, EMCDDA, CCSA, CICAD, NIDA, and WHO.
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse is organising a webinar entitled 'Promoting Effective Prevention Practice: Thinking Critically about Information and Evidence'.
This review found some preventive interventions highly effective and others not, with no absolutely clear pattern evident. Good examples include the Life Skills Training Program, the Unplugged program, and the Good Behaviour Game.
The American National Academy of Sciences examined evidence for prevention in 2009, including substance abuse, concluding that early interventions can be effective in delaying or preventing the onset of disorders.
Research investigates why a US prevention programme targeting chewing tobacco among young Indians has achieved only partial success in a different cultural context
Research investigates why a US prevention programme targeting chewing tobacco among young Indians has achieved only partial success in a different cultural context
This event heard a number of excellent presentations on standards and health centred prevention policy worldwide, including Jeff Lee on Mentor's prevention Hub, all of which are now available online (See right-hand panel in the link.)