"Today, Iceland tops the European table for the cleanest-living teens.

"Today, Iceland tops the European table for the cleanest-living teens. The percentage of 15- and 16-year-olds who had been drunk in the previous month plummeted from 42 per cent in 1998 to 5 per cent in 2016. The percentage who have ever used cannabis is down from 17 per cent to 7 per cent. Those smoking cigarettes every day fell from 23 per cent to just 3 per cent.

The way the country has achieved this turnaround has been both radical and evidence-based, but it has relied a lot on what might be termed enforced common sense. “This is the most remarkably intense and profound study of stress in the lives of teenagers that I have ever seen,” says Milkman. “I’m just so impressed by how well it is working.”

De Islandske erfaringer kunne formentlig også hjælpe mange midaldrende vinkendere.

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/iceland-teen-substance-abuse/8208214 ⟲

Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse - but the rest of the world isn?t listening

In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other countries won?t follow suit.