The Drug Education Forum
The Drug Education Forum brings together drug education providers, educators and practitioners from across the UK as a Community of Practice. Visit us: https://drugeducationforum.org.uk/ We believe that every young person in the UK should have access to excellent, evidence-based, age-appropriate drug education, to enable them to make choices about drugs that are informed, independent and will prevent or reduce risk and harm. The Drug Education Forum is led by the DSM Foundation, bringing together drug education providers, educators and practitioners from across the UK who are committed to ensuring this happens.
Episodes
In this episode of Drug Education Forum, we speak with Morgan Moore, National Delivery Manager at Planet Youth, about the Icelandic Youth Model and how it is being applied in Scotland to prevent problematic drug and alcohol use among young people.
The Icelandic Youth Model focuses on prevention at a community level. Rather than relying solely on drug education or individual interventions, it looks at family life, peer groups, after...
Solvent and inhalant use remains one of the least discussed but most dangerous forms of substance misuse in the UK. In this interview, Paul North speaks with Dan Gibbons, Training and Engagement Lead at Resolve, a UK charity dedicated to solvent abuse education and prevention.
Together they explore why solvent use is so often overlooked, how to recognise the signs, and what practical steps can be taken to reduce harm and raise awar...
In this episode, Paul North speaks with Steve Duffy (Project Manager, Choose Life Project), Dr Cassie Ogden (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Liverpool John Moores University), and Dr Karen Corteen (Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University). Together they explore how the Choose Life Project uses lived experience, storytelling, and research-based education to change how young people understand addiction.
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In this episode, we sit down with Fiona Measham, Chair in Criminology at the University of Liverpool and founder of The Loop. Fiona is one of the most influential voices in harm reduction, with decades of research into MDMA, ketamine, and drug use at festivals.
We dive deep into the realities of today’s drug markets, the challenges of drug education, and the life-saving role of drug checking services in the UK.
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In the second episode of the Drug Education Forum Podcast, host Paul North, a steering committee member and experienced drug education advocate, speaks with Nick Hickmott, Early Intervention Lead at We Are With You in Kent.
Nick, a specialist in harm reduction and drug education for young people, discusses the evolution of how young people access drugs—from traditional local dealers to digital platforms like Telegram.
They explore...
In the inaugural episode of the Drug Education Forum Podcast, host Paul North, a seasoned drug education advocate and steering committee member, sits down with Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE, Chair of the Drug Education Forum and Founder of the Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation. Together, they explore the pressing challenges in drug education—sifting through vast, ever-changing information, countering media-driven misconceptions, and crafting...
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