Planet Youth Press

Spend time with your children to keep them off drugs

Parental engagement, more structured leisure time and access to a range of activities are vital when it comes to preventing children falling into substance abuse, an international expert has advised.

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

Iceland’s success in cutting substance abuse among teenagers may be tested in the west of Ireland with a pilot scheme involving 7,000 young people. Imposing guilt on children and penalties on suppliers will not work, as the issue is a societal one, Icelandic director of the Planet Youth project Jon Sigfusson said in Galway.

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