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Youth in Iceland and the national team

  •   10 Jul 2018
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July 10, 2018 Youth in Iceland and the national team Huffington post in Mexico links the Youth in Iceland programme to Icelands good results in sports and their participation in the World Cup 2018 in Russia. How can a nation of just over 300.000 people qualify for the World cup and how is this connected…

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How to keep children away from drugs

  •   24 Feb 2018
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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…

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Dr. Alfgeir Kristjansson – Morning Edition CBC

  •   22 Feb 2018
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February 22 2018 Dr. Alfgeir Kristjansson – Morning Edition CBC Drinking and doing drugs was the norm for a teenager in Iceland in the 1980s and 1990s. With substance abuse problems among that age group at tragically high rates, the country did something about it. Dr. Algeir Kristjanson will discuss how Iceland turned the numbers…

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Icelandic approach to teen substance abuse may be tested in west of Ireland

  •   20 Feb 2018
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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…

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Prevention needs to be key in fighting drug abuse

  •   15 Feb 2018
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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…

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Researcher pitches Iceland’s solution to substance use by youth

  •   14 Feb 2018
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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

  •   14 Feb 2018
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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…

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BBC News: How one country persuaded teens to give up drink and drugs

  •   19 Nov 2017
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November 19, 2017 BBC News: How one country persuaded teens to give up drink and drugs In 20 years Reykjavík went from being worst in Europe when it came to youth drinking, smoking and use of drugs to be the best. In this film by Richard Kenny for BBC World Hacks a light is shed…

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Reducing teen substance use

  •   23 Mar 2017
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March 23, 2017 Reducing teen substance use Wendy Wisbaum, and independent researcher, created an illustrated  to the point abstract of the Planet Youth method, both in English and Spanish which are available on Youtube.  English version Spanish version

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Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening

  •   17 Jan 2017
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17 January, 2017 Mosaic: Iceland knows how to stop teen substance use but the rest of the worlds isn’t listening Photograph – Dave Imms for Mosaic In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other countries…

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