youth

Handbook on Youth Participation in Drug Prevention Work

Booklet

1 January 2021

The goal of the present handbook is to offer encouragement, examples, rationales and concrete advice on how to increase youth participation in substance use prevention, harnessing the insights of young people on the most important target...

Residential addiction treatment for adolescents is scarce and expensive

News

8 January 2024

NIH-supported analysis finds just seven states had a facility that accepted Medicaid, had a bed open the same day, and offered buprenorphine

The Planet Youth Annual Conference 2024: Prevention through social change

11 March 2023

Reykjavik

Iceland

The Icelandic Prevention Model in Action

Registration is open now!

11-13 of March 2024

Reykjavik, ICELAND

The Planet Youth Annual Conference 2024 will take place in the capital of Iceland and will last for three days – from 11th to the 13th of March. Save the date and register now to join at this exciting event!

Online Dispensaries: Minors' Ease of Access to Marijuana

Scientific article

13 October 2023

Online Dispensaries: Minors' Ease of Access to Marijuana A recently published study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics has shed light on the concerning ease with which minors can purchase marijuana through online...

Ecolink concludes short courses on Science of addiction among youths

News

Ecolink Institute has concluded two batches on the science of addiction among youths, mostly from Universities, with the intention to provide them an introduction to psychoactive substances and how it affects their brain and cause addiction...

poster describing the course on science of addiction

Seminar on Youth Participation in Substance Use Prevention

News

To build an affluent society, the youth must be involved in prevention of substance - Director General, Department of Narcotics Control Youth is the time for our brain to grow and develop. Using of substances at a young age affect brain...

Webinar on Addiction Prevention for Youth

News

The International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) Indonesia and the Indonesia International Training and Treatment Centre (ITTC) together hosted the second webinar on "Addiction Prevention for Youth" on Sunday, May 21, 2023...

SMART recovery for youth: a small, exploratory qualitative study examining the potential of a mutual-aid, peer support addictive behaviour change program for young people

Scientific article

17 May 2023

Abstract Background SMART (Self-Management and Recovery Training) Recovery is a mutual-aid program informed by cognitive behaviour therapy and motivational interviewing that provides support for a range of addictive behaviours. SMART...

Colloquium on “Responding to the nexus between adverse childhood experiences and drug use”

A colloquium on “Responding to the Nexus between and Drug Use” was held on April 15, 2023 in New Delhi, attended by 40+ participants.

Alcohol and Other Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021

Scientific article

28 April 2023

Abstract Adolescence is a critical phase of development and is frequently a period of initiating and engaging in risky behaviors, including alcohol and other substance use. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated stressors might have affected...