Overview
An increasing number of jurisdictions across Canada and around the world support the concept of a balanced and integrated drug strategy, although how this plays out in terms of budgets, policies and activities varies greatly. Strategies typically embrace and attempt to find balance between supply reduction and demand reduction aims through prevention, treatment, enforcement and harm reduction activities. Integration between these arenas or pillars is important because activities within one arena can affect the others, either positively or negatively.
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Selected Readings
Preventing later substance use disorders in at-risk children and adolescents: A review of the theory and evidence base of indicated prevention
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2009
A Drug Prevention Strategy for Canada's Youth [PDF]
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), December 2007
Youth and Impaired Driving in Canada: Opportunities For Progress
MADD Canada, May 2006
Executive Summary [PDF]
Preliminary Report [PDF]
Following the Evidence - Preventing harms from substance use in BC [PDF]
Centre for Addictions Research of BC for the British Columbia Ministry of Health, March 2006
Drug Use Prevention Among Young People: A Review of Reviews. Evidence Briefing Update
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), U.K., January 2006
A Strong Start: Good Practices in Using a Local Situation Assessment to Begin a Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Project [PDF]
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2004
School-Based Education for Drug Abuse Prevention [PDF]
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2004
Recognizing Strength, Building Capacity: Addressing Substance Abuse Related Special Needs in First Nations Communities of British Columbia's Hinterlands [PDF]
University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), 2003
Preventing Substance Use Problems Among Young People: A Compendium of Best Practices [PDF]
Health Canada, 2001
A Study of Resiliency in Communities [PDF]
Health Canada, 1999
The Workbook on Prevention Concepts
Prevention Source B.C., undated
Related Resources
COLLABORATE! Health and Enforcement in Partnership: How to Build Partnerships for Alcohol and Other Drug Projects, Health Canada
Community Action Resources for Inuit, Métis, and First Nations: Toolbox, Health Canada
FOCUS Media Campaign on Alcohol as a Risk Factor for Stroke and Cancer, Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
health-evidence.ca: Promoting Evidence Based Decision Making, City of Hamilton Public Health and Community Services
Information for Parents, Alberta Health Services (AHS)
Information for Teachers, Alberta Health Services (AHS)
National Collaborating Centre for Drug Prevention (NCCDP), U.K.