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
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,
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
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
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
November 19, 2017 BBC News: How one country persuaded teens to give up alcohol and drugs In 20 years Reykjavík went from being worst in Europe when it came to
Planet Youth won the Local Drug Demand Reduction Initiative Award 2019, handed out on
the International Conference on Drug Prevention which was held by ISSUP and UNODC
in Vienna Austria the first week of July 2019.
ISSUP, which is the International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals, hands out awards in three categories.
One of them is The local initiative awards which celebrates projects and initiatives in the drug demand reduction field that have had an impact on the national level. Only one winner is selected for this award.
