TY - BOOK ID - 1714722 TI - Prevention of substance abuse AU - Bühler, Anneke AU - Kröger, Christoph AU - Observatoire européen des Drogues et des Toxicomanies AU - Office des publications PY - 2008 VL - 7 SN - 9789291683130 9291683132 PB - Luxembourg Office for Official publications of the European Communications DB - UniCat KW - Ethics and addiction KW - Social problems KW - Europe KW - Abus de drogues KW - Drug abuse KW - Drug habit KW - Drug use (UF) KW - Drugmisbruik KW - Drugs KW - Geneesmiddelen KW - Geneesmiddelen, alcohol en verdovende middelen--Misbruik KW - Medicamenten KW - Medicaments KW - Medications KW - Medicijnen KW - Medicine (Drugs) KW - Medicines (Drugs) KW - Médicaments KW - Pharmaceuticals KW - Pharmaceutische produkten KW - Prescription drugs KW - Toxicomanie KW - Substance Abuse Detection KW - Substance abuse KW - Polytoxicomanie KW - Prevention. KW - Prevention KW - Evaluation. KW - Prévention KW - Evaluation KW - Drogue, Lutte contre la KW - Justice penale KW - Administration KW - Prévention KW - Substance Abuse Detection. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1714722 AB - The aim of this report is to assess the effectiveness of measures for the prevention of substance abuse drawing on high quality surveys including reviews and meta-analyses. Effectiveness, in this context, means impact in preventing, delaying or reducing children's and young people's consumption of tobacco and alcohol as well as cannabis and other illicit psychoactive substances. The study covers preventive measures that are both behavioral and environmental (i.e. based on consumption environment and context). It presents conclusions about the effectiveness of measures in a range of settings as well as substance-specific conclusions. The conclusions reported are rated according to the strength of the evidence on which they are based. Observations on gender-specific effectiveness, on negative consequences of addiction-prevention measures and on efficiency are also included. In addition, the theoretical background to effective measures is described and assessed.--Publisher's description. ER -