Planet Youth Lanark County
A new way to engage our community
A prevention model designed and proven to reduce or delay substance use among youth
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What happened to municipal drug strategy committees?
June 30, 2022
Read an article by Planet Youth Lanark County’s Brian Turner about why
Video: Planet Youth and the Icelandic Prevention Model
June 3, 2022
This short video explains the origins of Planet Youth in Iceland, and
What is Planet Youth?
Planet Youth is not a program—it’s a new approach to identifying and establishing long-term, community-driven strategies that promote positive social and environmental change.
It was pioneered in Iceland over 20 years ago — since then, the youth substance use rate there has gone from 48% to less than 5% in 2017.
SURVEY RESULTS
Early in 2022, Grade 10 students were surveyed at schools across Lanark County. Here are some highlights of the survey’s findings.
Substance Use
PEER GROUP
FAMILY
LEISURE
SCHOOL
“The issue is not what youth do; it’s the nature of what they do. If it is organized, productive, and under the leadership of adults, that is really the core ingredient.”
Alfgeir Kristjansson, PhD, MSc Associate Professor, West Virginia University School of Public Health, USA Senior Researcher, ICSRA, Reykjavik University, Iceland
