With financial support from the Drug Prevention and Information Programme of the European Union
If you are one of the wide range of people working within the drug prevention community, this toolkit can be of value to you. It will be of particular interest if you are a professional involved in planning or implementing a drug prevention activity, programme or other prevention-related initiative.
The toolkit offers a response to key questions:
Few people would argue with the view that prevention is better (and cheaper) than cure. However, a lot of what is done in the name of drug prevention is not based on what "works" or on what constitutes "quality".
"Quality" is a key issue that has to be addressed if positive outcomes are to be achieved. Identifying and encouraging quality in prevention work has been the focus of the European Drug Prevention Quality Standards (EDPQS) Project.
If you are interested in using practical tools, based on the EDPQS, that could motivate and help you to achieve "high quality" in your day-to-day prevention work, your working group setting or within your organisation, this toolkit can offer significant help and support to you.