PDF (Lessons learned in drug abuse prevention: a global review)

Margareta Nilson
Head of Department, Drug Demand Reduction, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs
and Drugs Addiction (EMCDDA), Lisbon, Portugal
Professor Mehdi Paes
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mohamed V University; Head of the Ar-Razi
University Psychiatric Hospital, Morocco (Technical Advisor of the Mentor Foundation)
Dr. Rosemarie Paul
Deputy Director, Head of Health Department, Human Resource Development Division,
Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK
Daniel Pellaux
Projects Officer, Swiss Institute of Pedagogy for Vocational and Technical Schools,
Lausanne, Switzerland (Technical Advisor of the Mentor Foundation)
Teresa Salvador Llivina
Director, Centro de Estudios sobre Promoción de la Salud (CEPS), Madrid, Spain
Chris van der Burgh
Officer in Charge, Demand Reduction Section, UNDCP Vienna
Dr. Ken Winters
Director, Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse at University of Minnesota Hospital
and Clinic, USA (Technical Advisor of the Mentor Foundation)
We also wish to acknowledge the input and work of all those who have not been
mentioned here, but who have contributed to the collection of data, its analysis, and
the writing and editing of this report. Finally, our thanks are due to the staff and
colleagues within Mentor who have helped, supported and encouraged our work over
the past year.
Jeff Lee, Project Manager & Senior Technical Advisor, The Mentor Foundation
Gemma Genovese, Project Coordinator, The Mentor Foundation
Eva Schildbach, Project Assistant, The Mentor Foundation
Why The Mentor Foundation?
This project was undertaken on behalf of the UNDCP, with support from the UK
Government. The Mentor Foundation was chosen as the appropriate agency to carry
out this project because of its unique status as an international NGO in the field of
drug abuse prevention and its staff experience, expertise and networks. Throughout
this project, steering and technical meetings have been organised on a regular basis to
ensure that all stakeholders have had an opportunity to guide the development of this
final report.
This report is in line with the recently adopted long-term strategy of the Mentor
Foundation, which aims ultimately to support the work of civil society organisations
and practitioners in the field of drug abuse prevention. This fits perfectly with the
Mentor Foundation's current international activity as an Internet portal and information
network provider, the organising body behind an Awards Programme, and a
supporter of practical activity in drug abuse prevention at national and regional levels.
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