A recent paper examines the position of drug education workers who work with children and young people in non-formal education settings in Ireland.¹ Drug education is described in the article as ‘a range of interventions across multi-disciplinary settings and includes education programmes, policies and guidelines’. While not unpacked in the paper, the author highlights that the terms ‘drug prevention’ and ‘drug education’ are often used interchangeably but they are distinct activities. Drug prevention’s primary aim is to change people’s behaviour around drug use, whereas drug education is more about delivering factual information about drugs to people.² This article is only interested in the latter.

This Reitox Academy was organised by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the UPC-Adapt Group¹ in collaboration with the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, and the Czech National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addiction, within the framework of the final conference of the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC)-Adapt project, funded with the support of the European Commission. It took place on 28–29 November 2018 at the Lichtenstein Palace in Prague.

On 14 November 2018, the Chrysalis Community Drug and Alcohol Team, led by Passerose Mantoy-Meade, launched their strategy plan for 2019-2021. At the same event, they celebrated 20 years providing a range of drug and alcohol services in Dublin's north inner city. Master of ceremonies was Dr Des Crowley, who is also chair of the Chrysalis board of directors. The event was attended by many past clients of Chrysalis and representatives of other services.