Leading international experts in prevention research will meet in Lisbon from 8–9 December to examine the influence of social and economic environments on substance use. Over 100 participants from some 20 countries will gather at the 2nd International Conference of the European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR), hosted by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) (1).
The EUSPR is a non-profit organisation working to enhance the evidence base on drug prevention in Europe. Among its aims are improving the quality of prevention education and research and promoting the active dissemination of research results. Established in December 2010, the society is based at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw. The EMCDDA supported its creation (2).
‘Changing health-related behaviour requires comprehensive and joined-up strategies’, says EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz. ‘We know that there is no simple solution to preventing drug use and that we need a broad spectrum of interventions that can target groups, individuals and the very environments in which people make choices about drug use’.
Source: emcdda.europa.eu, 06/12/2011
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