Month: February 2018

February 24 2018 How to keep children away from drugs Kelly Anthony, PhD from the School of Public Health and Health Systems in the University of Waterloo wrote about the Icelandic model in the opinion column in the Waterloo Region Record.  I applaud the bravery of public school boards to resist the pressure to put naloxone…

February 20, 2018 Icelandic approach to teen substance abuse may be tested in west of Ireland Pilot scheme would involve 7,000 young people in Galway, Roscommon and Mayo. Jon Sigfusson, ICSRA director The Irish Times wrote about the Planet Youth approach when Jon Sigfusson, ICSRA director, visited Ireland in February 2018.   Iceland’s success in cutting…

Februrary 15, 2018 Prevention needs to be key in fighting drug abuse Mark Pancer connected the dots in his Opinion in the Waterloo Region Record. Pancer wrote on the Fentanyl epidemic in the US and Canada, pointed out the importance of prevention in fighting drug abuse and used the Iceland Project as an example of a…

February 14, 2018 Researcher pitches Iceland’s solution to substance use by youth Wrote Liz Monteiro in Waterloo Region Record.  Getting youth off drugs and alcohol means having a strong school and parental support system around them and keeping them busy in their down time. It sounds simple, but it works, says Alfgeir Kristjansson, assistant professor…

February 14, 2018 Expert on reducing youth substance use coming to Waterloo Region Iceland community model changed culture to prevent youths from starting to use drugs, alcohol. Wrote Lisa Rutledge in an article in Cambridge Times in Canada.   It is possible to reduce youth drinking and drug use, to the point of near eradication, if…