Expertise of Trimbos Instituut:
- Monitoring and research on substance use:
• National Drug Monitor (NDM)
• Dutch National School Survey (PEIL) and HBSC
• Student monitor
- Develop, evaluate and implement (preventive) interventions (a.o. The Healthy
School and Drugs, Alcoholinfo.nl, Drugsinfo.nl, Open and Alert, Growing up Smoke-
free; WhatDoYouDrink).
- Supporting municipalities with developing policies and (preventive)
interventions on substance use.
, Take-home message:
- Prevention works: saves 16.000 lives a year.
- But improvement is possible → up to 5000 more lives per year could be
saved.
Substance use
Substance use and abuse are among the most common public health problems among
adolescents in the Western world.
By the age of 18
- over two-thirds of adolescents has experience with alcohol
- approximately half of them with smoking
- up to one-third with cannabis use
For hard drugs, the lifetime prevalence lies mostly under 10%.
Thus: substance use generally starts during adolescence!
Prevalence of use among adolescents: Alcohol is the most used substance, followed by
tobacco and cannabis.
Negative consequences alcohol
Alcohol consumption has several health and social consequences
• (temporary) damage to some neural brain systems
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