As part of the ALICE RAP communication and dissemination strategy, the project convened and organised a series of Decision Makers’ Dialogues, aimed at policy makers and influencers of addiction governance for jurisdictions of different levels and sizes. This report gives brief accounts of the 6 decision makers’ dialogues held over three jurisdictional levels, and attempts made by the coordinating team to initiate still wider international dialogues linking to the UNGASS on drugs 2016.

Milestone 11 (Area 2, WP5) - SUBAQUA: Substance Use and Behavioral Addictions – Questionnaire from Alice Rap

By Gerhard Gmel and Simon Marmet

The final milestone of the ALICE-RAP – WP5: Counting Addiction aims at coming up with a comparative questionnaire for substance-related and non-substance-related addictions for Europe.There are large gaps in current estimates for substance dependence in Europe and estimates differ in various methodological aspects and the instruments used, making them barely comparable.

This topic-specific report, compiled by Gerhard Bühringer and Maria Neumann, gathers together information on the objectives and status of gambling-related work across all Areas of ALICE RAP.

As part of ALICE RAP WP18 this study, performed by Marja Holmila and Kirsimarja Raitasalo (THL), investigated the prevalence of serious substance abuse problems among mothers and fathers and the impact of parents' substance abuse on their child's health and social welfare. Abuse of alcohol, drugs or both alcohol and drugs have been looked at, and links with parents' social status, education, mental health and use of some prescribed drugs are examined.