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ESTONIAN EXPERIENCE The 2nd Prevnet Conference of Telematics in Addiction Prevention, Dublin, Ireland, 23-25 0ctober 20

ESTONIAN EXPERIENCE The 2nd Prevnet Conference of Telematics in Addiction Prevention, Dublin, Ireland, 23-25 0ctober 2003. MARIANNE PAIMRE Estonian Foundation for Prevention of Drug Addiction/ University of Tartu. Estonia. Area:45,227 sq km. Population: 1,361,242

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ESTONIAN EXPERIENCE The 2nd Prevnet Conference of Telematics in Addiction Prevention, Dublin, Ireland, 23-25 0ctober 20

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  1. ESTONIAN EXPERIENCEThe 2nd Prevnet Conference of Telematics in Addiction Prevention, Dublin, Ireland, 23-25 0ctober 2003 MARIANNE PAIMRE Estonian Foundation for Prevention of Drug Addiction/ University of Tartu

  2. Estonia • Area:45,227 sq km. • Population: 1,361,242 • Capital:Tallinn, population 398,434 • Ethnic divisions: • Estonian 67.9%, Russian 25.6%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Belarussian 1.3%,Finnish 0.9%, other 2.2%

  3. Use of the Internet in the Baltic States in 2000s(15-74, Emor …)

  4. Eesti jt riigid2002 (EMOR)

  5. Youngsters and the Internet • Interneti hea kättesaadavusega koolides • According to surveys (EMOR): Children are more willing to use computers and internet than adults. • In 2001 ¾ of children aged 6-14 had used a computer in the previous 6 months. This indicator was almost twice the figure for adults (the share of PC users 43%)(EMOR).At present: 27 pupils at schools per a computer(www.delfi.ee)

  6. The “Tiger Leap” project

  7. Youngsters and drugsESPAD SURVEY:15-16 years old secondary school students who had tried any drug doubled in 1995-1999 • 1995: 12% • 1999: 23%

  8. “Drug Prevention in Tallinn Schools” 2001/2002. • Illegal drugs are not so popular than alcohol and tobacco. • Protsentage of those who had tried any drug was quite high: 39% of older boys (the 9th form) and 33% girls.

  9. Drug prevention website(s) HISTORY • 1999-2002: the Estonian Foundation for Prevention of Drug Addiction launched the specific drug information & prevention website: narko.sm.ee • Not available any more.

  10. Websites offering drug (prevention) information • Drug information is offered on different websites. • No special/ professional sites at present

  11. A) Medical • www.inimene.ee • http://www.kliinik.ee Those medical sites concentrate mainly the treatment aspect when speaking about drugs.

  12. B) On education: • www.kool.ee • http://www.doctus.ee/tervis • http://www.ut.ee/tervis • http://www.narkoinfo.artun.ee/ Explain mainly how to help children, discussthe relations between the addict and his/her family etc.

  13. C) For children & young people • www.vedur.ee etc • Children and juvenile oriented pages write about how to recognize an addict, discuss AIDS-related topics etc.

  14. D) The others • www.aids.ee • www.hot.ee

  15. Propagative(not many) • http://www.hot.ee/letslegalize/ • http://kodu.neti.ee/~ku003a/

  16. In Sum • Drug misuse in Estonia is mainly problem of young people. Internet is used a lot by youngsters.Thus the internet could be of enormous importance in drug prevention in our country. • Unfortunately the internet as a new and effective mediumis underestimated at present and has yet to be taken full advantage of.

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