Some key documents

(2019) European prevention curriculum: a handbook for decision-makers, opinion-makers and policy-makers in science-based prevention of substance use. 

(2019) Know the Score: substance use resource materials for senior cycle SPHE. 

(2019) European Drug Prevention Quality Standards (EDPQS) toolkits to support quality in prevention.

(2018) Drug misuse prevention. 

(2018) International standards on drug use prevention. 

(2018) City-based action to reduce harmful alcohol use: review of reviews. 

(2017) The effectiveness of interventions related to the use of illicit drugs: prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery. A ‘review of reviews’. 

(2017) School-based alcohol and drug education and prevention – what works? Mentor ADEPSIS

(2017) Interventions for adolescent substance abuse: an overview of systematic reviews. 

(2017) Drug misuse prevention: targeted interventions and summary. 

See also, EMCDDA Xchange prevention registry - an online registry of evidence-based prevention programmes

And see our educator page.   

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