Year: 2018
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Researcher pitches Iceland’s solution to substance use by youth
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…
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Expert on reducing youth substance use coming to Waterloo Region
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…