This quality standard covers a range of approaches at a population level to prevent harmful alcohol use in the community by children, young people and adults (NICE)
Bibliography: Interventions – Prevention
Are risk factors for drug use and offending similar during the teenage years?
Results show that the factors included here are more appropriate to understanding offending than drug use (International Journal of Drug Policy)
AMCD briefing on the prevention of drug and alcohol dependence
The Recovery Committee of the government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs have produced a balanced and useful overview of the state of knowledge on preventing drug and alcohol dependence (DrugScope)
Prevention of drug and alcohol dependence
The (ACMD) Recovery Committee’s briefing paper on the prevention of drug and alcohol dependence
A Mapping of Global Prevention Materials
Celebrating Good Practice and Identifying Significant Gaps (Prevention Hub)
Preventing fatal overdoses
A systematic review of the effectiveness of take-home naloxone (EMCDDA)
