Drugs and Media - | Addiction Prevention - | How Stuttgart wants to protect young people
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Innovative Youth Addiction Prevention in StuttgartBy 2026, Stuttgart will trial new early intervention programs targeting substance and media-related youth addictions in schools.
Key FactsMar 1, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
- Stuttgart’s addiction prevention emphasizes direct engagement with youth via diverse projects from groups like Caritas and Release U21.
- Schools can select from various programs, starting media use education in sixth grade and substance awareness in seventh grade.
- Cannabis partial legalization requires adaptation of programs such as FreD to effectively support youths with risky consumption.
- Efforts concentrate on empowering adolescents during puberty to manage crises without resorting to addictive behaviors.
It becomes dangerous when consumption is compensatory — and other things are neglected as a result. When you compensate for problems you can't solve any other way and only gain relaxation or a kick in that way, or forget the pressure to perform.— Geraldine Höbel, Stuttgart's Commissioner for Addiction Prevention, in an interview about prevention strategies
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