Some key documents

(2018) Drug misuse prevention. Full text

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

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

(2016) ‘What works’ in drug education and prevention? Scottish Government Full text / Summary

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

(2017) Interventions for adolescent substance abuse: an overview of systematic reviews. Journal of Adolescent Health, 59(4s) 61 Full text

(2017) Drug misuse prevention: targeted interventions. Full text / Summary

This guideline covers targeted interventions to prevent misuse of drugs, including illegal drugs, ‘legal highs’ and prescription-only medicines. 

(2015) European Drug Prevention Quality Standards (EDPQS) toolkits to support quality in prevention. Full text

EMCDDA Xchange prevention registry - an online registry of evidence-based prevention programmes

You can ‘search’ our full collection, or browse publications related to prevention below.

• Identification and screening
• Drugs and alcohol prevention
• Prevention approach
• Prevention outcome
• Harm reduction
• Drug and alcohol education
• Educational environment
• Risk and protective factors
• Risk and needs assessment
• Risk-taking behaviour
• Self-destructive behaviour
• Life circumstances (e.g. money issues)