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European drug prevention quality standards: a quick guide

The aim of this ‘quick guide’ is to make practical information on prevention quality standards available outside the European Union. This is a condensed version of EMCDDA Manual 7: European drug prevention...

North American drug prevention programmes: are they feasible in European cultures and contexts?

Some commentators argue that programmes developed in North America (Canada and the US) are unlikely to work in European countries, due to differing cultural contexts and because most of the evidence for...

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Can mass media campaigns prevent young people from using drugs? (Perspectives on drugs)

The use of mass media campaigns in drug prevention is both relatively common and not without controversy. Both policymakers and practitioners have hotly debated the effectiveness of such campaigns to reduce young...

Drug prevention interventions targeting minority ethnic populations: issues raised by 33 case studies

This Thematic paper contains the results of a study that examined drug prevention interventions for minority ethnic populations in 29 European countries. A total of 33 interventions were reported to the study...