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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2015) International standards on drug use prevention. Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

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Prevention strategies based on scientific evidence working with families, schools, and communities can ensure that children and youth, especially the most marginalized and poor, grow and stay healthy and safe into adulthood and old age. For every dollar spent on prevention, at least ten can be saved in future health, social and crime costs.

These global International Standards summarize the currently available scientific evidence, describing interventions and policies that have been found to result in positive prevention outcomes and their characteristics. Concurrently, the global International Standards identify the major components and features of an effective national drug prevention system. It is our hope that the International Standards will assist policy makers worldwide to develop programmes, policies and systems that are a truly effective investment in the future of children, youth, families and communities. This work builds on and recognizes the work of many other organizations (e.g. EMCDDA, CCSA, CICAD, Mentor, NIDA, WHO) which have previously developed standards and guidelines on various aspects of drug prevention.

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Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Guideline
Drug Type
All substances
Intervention Type
Prevention
Source
Date
August 2015
Pages
48 p.
Publisher
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Corporate Creators
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Place of Publication
Vienna
Notes
Documents were reviewed and updated in 2018, see URL above.
EndNote
Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)
Subjects
F Concepts in psychology > Skills > Coping skills / Resilience
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention outcome
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Substance use prevention > Universal prevention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Substance use prevention > Targeted prevention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention programme or service
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention by setting > School based prevention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention by setting > Youth project / club based prevention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention by setting > Community-based prevention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention approach > Early intervention (young children)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention approach > Family-focused prevention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention approach > Prevention through information and education
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Programme planning, implementation, and evaluation > Quality standards
N Communication, information and education > Message / Language (portrayal of use) > Portrayal of substance use in the media
N Communication, information and education > Education by subject > Substance use education
T Demographic characteristics > Child / children
VA Geographic area > International

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