Adolescent Substance Use: Risk and Protection

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) emphasizes an integrated approach to substance use – prevention, treatment and rehabilitation – and works with diverse partners to build the capacity of youth and health workers to deal more effectively with substance use.

Adolescent Substance Use: Risk and Protection responds to young people's call for action against substance use. This publication provides an insight into planning and delivering effective treatment and rehabilitation programmes for adolescent substance users – in the Greater Mekong Subregion and beyond. It is intended to serve as a reference source for policy and programme personnel concerned with youth, health and social services in the ESCAP region.