STAGE 1. Assessing needs

What steps should be completed?

Step 1: Explore the magnitude, characteristics and consequences of drug use

LINKS RELATED TO THE MAGNITUDE, CHARACTERISTICS AND CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG USE

You can find information on the magnitude, characteristics and consequences of drug use at the following links:

• CICAD Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID). 
• National drug observatories in CICAD member countries.  
• Publications on alcohol and substance abuse by the Pan American Health Organization.
• Hemispheric Security Observatory of the Organization of American States (OAS).  Information on various general drugs indicators, by country and region. 
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Information on drugs indicators and statistics from different countries.
• World Health Organization Global Health Observatory. Health statistics by country.
• Annual Global Drug reports of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
• Drug statistics from European countries. EMCDDA 
• Annual reports: The problem of drug dependence in Europe. EMCDDA. 
• Survey Health Behaviour in School Children (HBSC). World Health Organization. 
• Survey European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD). 
• Information from the EMCDDA on different resources. 

One Step@a Time also suggests that you consult your country’s Ministry of Health website (or its equivalent).