Some key documents

(2023) Denormalising alcohol industry activities in schools. The Lancet

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

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

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

(2018) Drug misuse prevention. NICE

(2018) International standards on drug use prevention. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

(2018) City-based action to reduce harmful alcohol use: review of reviews. F1000Research

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

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

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

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

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

And see our educator page.   

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