Preventing Substance Use Problems Among Young People - A Compendium of Best Practices

Acknowledgements

Thanks are extended to the project steering committee members: Virginia Carver of Health Canada; S/Sgt Michel Pelletier of the RCMP; Jeff Dean, Canadian Association of Principals; Barry Fogg, Addictions Foundation of Manitoba; Kenneth Horsman, Health Canada; and Barry King, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.

Appreciation is expressed to those government officials who participated by nominating programs, as well as to Heidi Liepold for her interest and involvement in the project, and the researchers and program managers who took the considerable time required to provide documentation and to describe their programs.

Project team members comprised Gary Roberts (project manager) and Jamie Wiebe of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse; Doug McCall of the Canadian Association for School Health; Andrea Stevens Lavigne, Angela Paglia, Sandy Bollenbach and Louis Gliksman of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; and Jim Anderson of Health Canada. Those providing support to the team from the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse were Richard Garlick, Susan Rosidi, Jill Austin, Bette Reimer, Tracy Sutherland and Patricia McKenna.