The ESPAD Report 2003, Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Students in 35 European Countries

This is the third report published within the ESPAD project. It presents data on more than 100,000 European students in numerous diagrams and maps and around 150 tables. Independent researchers in 35 European countries have collaborated in planning, methodological discussions, the data collections and the reporting of the national results. The two earlier reports presented data from 1995 and 1999. The first report covered 26 European countries, the second included data from 30 countries. The project now covers most of the European continent and has become an important source of information on young people's alcohol and drug use. Moreover, the body of articles with analyses published in international scientific journals is growing. The enormous data mass now kept in each individual country will soon be gathered into a common database for further analyses.