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Council Recommendation 2001/458/EC of 5 June 2001 on the drinking of alcohol by young people
The purpose of the recommendation is to sensitise all levels of society to the dangers of alcohol abuse among young people, including manufacturers and retailers of alcoholic beverages, as well as parents. It also addresses the different aspect...
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The Alcohol Policy Youth Network (APYN)
The Alcohol Policy Youth Network is a direct outcome of the work developed by the European Youth Forum together with Eurocare in 2005 and 2006.
It aims at becoming a capacity building network for youth organisations from across Europe an...
Permanent Observatory on Youth and Alcohol
The Osservatorio Permanente sui Giovani e l'Alcool was established on March 1991. Its aim has alway been collecting scientifically reliable information on the patterns of alcohol consumption and the alcohol related problems in the Italian youth...
ACTIVE - Sobriety, Friendship and Peace
Active - sobriety, friendship and peace is a European youth organization gathering 25 000 young people who have decided to live sober. Active consider alcohol consumption an obstacle for development of individuals and society.
The main a...
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The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD)
ESPAD is a collaborative effort of independent research teams in about forty European countries and the largest cross-national research project on adolescent substance use in the world.
Data are collected every fourth year with 1995 as the starting point. The fourth data collection was carried out in 35 countries during the spring of 2007 and the results were published March 26, 2009.