ESPAD projects

LERA conducted the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) study in 2023.

LERA is carrying out the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) study in 2024.

ESPAD 2024 Study on Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substances in Lithuanian Schools

On 16 December this year, the ESPAD 2024 Study on Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substances in Lithuanian Schools was launched.
The study was conducted by the Lithuanian Educational Research Association. The study was presented by prof. dr. Liudmila Rupšienė (Principal Investigator of the ESPAD study in Lithuania, Vice President of the Lithuanian Educational Research Association). The presentation is available here

The ESPAD 2024 Study on Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substances in Lithuanian Schools is the world’s largest study on trends in the use of psychoactive substances by schoolchildren (adolescents) in the world, with participation from about 40 European countries.

The main objective of the ESPAD survey is to collect comparable and reliable data on the prevalence of psychoactive substance use and other risky behaviours among 15-16 year olds in Europe, with the aim of tracking both individual countries and overall trends across countries.

Lithuania has been participating in this international survey since 1995, and from 2024 the implementation of the survey in Lithuania will be organised by the Department of Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol Control. More than 200 Lithuanian schools participated in the survey. For the first time, an additional analysis of the results at municipal level was also carried out.

Although the international results of the survey will not be published for another year, you can already see the Lithuanian results and the national report of the survey on the website of the Department of Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol Control here