The Planet Youth team invited to accompany the President of Iceland on a state visit to Canada
May 26, 2023 The Planet Youth team invited to accompany the President of Iceland on a state visit to Canada Planet Youth has been invited to travel along with the President of Iceland, H.E. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, and the First Lady Eliza Jean Reid, on a state visit to Canada starting Monday, May 29th, 2023. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has long-lasting effects on adolescent mental health and substance use
March 16, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has long-lasting effects on adolescent mental health and substance use Reykjavik – The COVID-19 pandemic has had a long-lasting impact on adolescent mental health and substance use according to a new population-based study published in Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. These findings are based on survey responses from a […]
Opening of new offices in Mexico
December 23, 2022 Opening of new offices in Mexico Planet Youth expands it operation in Latin America Planet Youth opened its new offices on the 15th of December in continuation to a large conference on addiction prevention which was held in the Poliforum in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico on 13th-15th of December. The office is in […]
New employees to Planet Youth team
November 29, 2022 New employees to the Planet Youth team Planet Youth continues its journey as a born global social innovation company. In 2022 we have hired some awesome people to increase our capacity in implementing the Guidance Program. We are now present in 16 different countries and will be adding even more next year. […]
Icelandic model and the Atlantic model
October 20, 2022 Icelandic model and the Atlantic model On Tuesday 18th of October, Bruce Fitch, the provincial health minister in New Brunswick, announced plans to setup a pilot a five-year project in collaboration with Planet Youth. At the Teen Resource Centre in Saint John, Fitch remarked “We know substance use can be a leading […]
Planet Youth is the best example of integrating science and society, says the newspaper El Pais
October 14, 2022 Planet Youth is the best example of integrating science and society, says the newspaper El Pais Ximena Goldberg, a reporter for the national newspaper El País, deep dives into the causes of alcohol and substance use. Looking at the necessity of gathering information to have a broad view of the state of […]
Yucatan partners up with Planet Youth
October 5, 2022 Yucatan partners up with Planet Youth The Governor of Yucatan Vila Dosal announced a partnership with Planet Youth to work on changing the environment of children in the state of Yucatan for the coming years. In the first phase the methodology will be implemented in the 14 municipalities that have the largest […]
The “Motivation for Life” Program Launch
The “Motivated for Life” Program has been Launched It is the implementation of the Planet Youth program that has been successful in preventing substance abuse all over the globe. Yesterday, Mayor Gustavo Saadi led the act of implementing the Planet Youth system for the prevention of substance abuse, which is developed through the “Motivated for […]
Calgary Canada becomes a Planet Youth city
April 25, 2022 Calgary Canada becomes a Planet Youth city Planet Youth and United Way have partnered up to start working with the Planet Youth methodology in Calgary. To kick the project off the CEO of Planet Youth, Pall Rikhardsson, travelled to Calgary and gave a lecture on the Icelandic Prevention Model at The Recovery […]
The opioid crisis and substance youth prevention
February 16, 2022 The opioid crisis and substance youth prevention The Icelandic prevention model was mentioned as a one of the tools that could be used to minimize the misuse of opioids around the world, by The Stanford Lancet Commission in the Lancet medical journal (see February 5, 2022). The SLC pointed out that it […]
