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Kenya Hosts Inaugural National Substance Use Prevention Summit 2024
In a world where substance use continues to pose a significant threat to health and well-being, Kenya is taking a bold stand. Kenya hosted the first National Prevention Week 2024 culminating in the National Substance Use Prevention Summit...
Contribution of Gaming to Overall Leisure Screen Time in Primary School Children
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to (i) analyse the prevalence of gaming in young elementary school-aged children; (ii) assess the effect of gaming frequency on excessive screen use; and (iii) identify sociodemographic variables associated...
Handbook on Youth Participation in Drug Prevention Work
The goal of the present handbook is to offer encouragement, examples, rationales and concrete advice on how to increase youth participation in substance use prevention, harnessing the insights of young people on the most important target...
Residential addiction treatment for adolescents is scarce and expensive
NIH-supported analysis finds just seven states had a facility that accepted Medicaid, had a bed open the same day, and offered buprenorphine
The Planet Youth Annual Conference 2024: Prevention through social change
The Icelandic Prevention Model in Action
Registration is open now!
11-13 of March 2024
Reykjavik, ICELAND
The Planet Youth Annual Conference 2024 will take place in the capital of Iceland and will last for three days – from 11th to the 13th of March. Save the date and register now to join at this exciting event!
Online Dispensaries: Minors' Ease of Access to Marijuana
Online Dispensaries: Minors' Ease of Access to Marijuana A recently published study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics has shed light on the concerning ease with which minors can purchase marijuana through online...
Ecolink concludes short courses on Science of addiction among youths
Ecolink Institute has concluded two batches on the science of addiction among youths, mostly from Universities, with the intention to provide them an introduction to psychoactive substances and how it affects their brain and cause addiction...
Seminar on Youth Participation in Substance Use Prevention
To build an affluent society, the youth must be involved in prevention of substance - Director General, Department of Narcotics Control Youth is the time for our brain to grow and develop. Using of substances at a young age affect brain...
Webinar on Addiction Prevention for Youth
The International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) Indonesia and the Indonesia International Training and Treatment Centre (ITTC) together hosted the second webinar on "Addiction Prevention for Youth" on Sunday, May 21, 2023...
