A Drug Prevention Strategy for Canada’s Youth
March 31, 2009 marks the completion of the second year of CCSA’s five-year, $10-million national drug prevention initiative, A Drug Prevention Strategy for Canada’s Youth. This Strategy―which is part of the federal government’s National Anti-Drug Strategy—aims to reduce illicit drug use by Canadian youth between the ages of 10 to 24. To accomplish this, CCSA is advancing the Strategy’s three complementary approaches by:
- building and sustaining the Media/Youth Consortium;
- developing Canadian Standards for prevention programming; and,
- forming and maintaining new and existing Sustainable Partnerships.
The Strategy is continually evaluated by both internal and external evaluation experts to ensure it is meeting expected outcomes. CCSA is accountable to Health Canada under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund (DSCIF) and reports quarterly on the Strategy’s progress.
To learn more about these three approaches and their activities to date please visit the associated links below.
Media Youth Consortium
- The Experiment begins at CCSA’s New Drug Prevention Website for Youth—Xperiment.ca, May 14th, 2009.
Canadian Standards for Youth Substance Abuse Prevention
- CCSA launched Building on Our Strengths: Canadian Standards for School-based Youth Substance Abuse Prevention: A Guide for Health and Education Personnel that aims to further strengthen substance abuse prevention and health promotion efforts for youth.
Sustainable Partnerships
- CCSA has formed the National Advisory Group of Youth Substance Abuse Prevention (YSAP).