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The aim of the project is to contribute to the evidence concerning the effectiveness of drug prevention programs in Europe.
Drug prevention is defined here as a complex intervention
aimed either at curbing initiation of drug use or at delaying the
transition from experimental to addicted behaviour of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drugs.
 In the first EU-Dap
phase, effectiveness was measured by the ability of the
program to reduce the prevalence of drug use. The EU-Dap Project Team
designed and evaluated the "Unplugged" curriculum
for youth between the ages
of 12 and 14. The evaluation was carried out collecting
information by way of a self-completed anonymous
questionnaire
administered before and several points after the students participation in the program.
The countries involved in the first phase were Italy, Belgium, Austria, Sweden,
Spain, Greece and Germany.
Based
on the short-term evaluation which concluded that the
program is effective, phase II aims to spread the
program and research methods in Europe. Poland and the
Czech Republic joined the EU-Dap project in 2006. Activities planned for
phase II include updating the "Unplugged" curriculum
based on
teacher feedback, and developing a Guide to successful implementation
of Comprehensive Social Influence (CSI) curricula in
schools.
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