• Welcome to the FuturiZe future scenarios consultation survey

    Introduction

    The FuturiZe future scenarios consultation survey is the first step in a participatory process to develop a set of scenarios and a corresponding series of interactive debates at the Lisbon Addictions 2019 conference.

    This survey is a scoping exercise to gather expert opinion and insight into future issues in the area of addictions, with the following process:

    • This scoping exercise will be used to select and give substance to a set of topics which are likely to impact on the future shape of addictive behaviour and policy.

    • The information you give us here will be fed into a scenario planning workshop to develop 4 future scenarios in addiction and the best way to represent them.

    • These scenarios will form the basis of a series of interactive debates on the key policy and societal actions to shape the future in each of these areas.


    PRIZE DRAW: We will randomly select 2 consultation respondents (completing the survey before Monday 25th February) to win free registration to the Lisbon Addictions Conference (23-25 October 2019)

    Completion of this survey is also a requirement for those applying for a bursary to support participation in the debates at the Lisbon Addictions 2019 conference.

    Read more about the bursaries here.

    The survey is divided into 3 sections:

    1. Background information about you
    2. Priority topics for future scenarios in addictions – rate the topics which you consider the most important to debate with multiple stakeholders?
    3. Topic definition – give us any additional information on your priority topics.

    We estimate that this survey should take around 20-30 minutes to complete.

    Thank you for your input!

  • Section 1. Background information about you

  • Section 2. Priority future topics for debate in addictions

    Please read through the list and let us know your top 6 topics from the table below* in terms of what you consider the most important to debate in a futures perspective with multiple stakeholders?

    * This list of topics was developed based on the EMCDDA scoping exercise for future issues (started in LxAddictions 2017) and as part of the FuturiZe project proposal, in line with the EU Action Plan on Drugs 2017-2020.

    Innovation in MONITORING

    This includes:
    - monitoring the situation (New means / tools to monitor behaviour, e.g. big data / Social media analytics)
    - monitoring consequences (New epidemiology methodology, tools to monitor harm and establish levels of risk, e.g. Standard Joint Unit for cannabis)
    - monitoring responses (tracking / analysing different policy and practice responses - regulation, prevention and treatment)
    Drug-use and AGING
    Aging drug users are increasing and facing chronic physical and mental health problems: different problems depending on the drugs; our current knowledge of long-term consequences depending on the drug (e.g. we know a lot about alcohol and heroin and ageing, but not much about cannabis, NPS, club drugs)
    PREVENTION: changes in preventive orientation and techniques
    The impact of preventive health messages is changing due to new cmmunication techniques being adopted and evolving attitudes and motivations of target populations e.g. delayed gratification, prioritising pleasure over consequences. Other issues undergoing change: unintended effects (e.g. stigma); social views and attitudes to drug use; attitudes of care professionals towards users; role of health systems in influencing lifestyle choices.
    HARM REDUCTION: New approaches & High-risk groups Changing scope and focus of harm reduction , e.g. Full spectrum harm reduction. Differential impact of the economic cutbacks and stigma on the availability of resources for prevention, treatment and research; Human rights and drugs. Predicting changes in drug-related infectious diseases (DRID)
    TREATMENT : New treatment approaches Biotechnology advances and changes in terms of diagnosis, new treatments, and new drugs . Examples include: mainstream alternatives to abstinence, trans-cranial magnetic stimulation, medication assisted treatment, genetic tailoring, vaccines, integrated care programmes.
    DIGITAL HEALTH Opportunities to tackle inequities in access to literacy and treatment; potential of digital resources in prevention and treatment of addictions as a way to tailored treatment options , universal and affordable large scale population interventions
    BEHAVIOURAL ADDICTIONS The lack of diagnostic entities prevents accurate monitoring and public health impact assessment . Pharmacological treatment : New research methods into neurobiological underpinnings of behavioural addictions (difficulty of animal models). New insight into social determinants and policy action . Interface with technology .
    THE BUSINESS OF ADDICTIONS Changing trends in user ("client") profiles and patterns of drug use. Generation Z (millenials): changes in lifestyles, consumer patterns and risk taking; Sociodemographic and geographic trends: Specifics of urban recreational drug use and new routes of administration , implications for monitoring and prevention : potential of social media analytics for monitoring; How social media is shaping social norms of drug use.
    EMERGING BUSINESS MODELS for addictive products (legal or illegal) This includes:
    • Changes in Production (Increasing potency; economic actors interested in cannabis production in regulated contexts; fair trade options for cocaine and opioids)
    • Distribution (Digital distribution channels (dark web, encryption); Social suppliers; Drug flats/consumption rooms; Cross-border trade; Digital intelligence and policing; inequity and human rights issues)
    • Marketing (Digital marketing and sale of legal substances and addictive products; consumer trust built between (illegal) dealers and buyers.
    NEW POLICY PARTNERSHIPS
    Participation of public and civil society sectors (social innovation): Improving the scope and quality of user and stakeholder involvement in drug policy making; Setting the agenda for prevention and research priorities; accountability.
    Industry partnerships and regulation : Code of ethics of the industries related to addictive substances (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis) and behaviours (gambling); Who is taking the lead on shaping the business landscape of emerging addictive products (e.g. cannabis, e-cigarettes, legal highs)?
    SOCIAL AND HEALTH INEQUITIES Policing and criminal justice strategies: factors related to discrimination (ethnicity, age, gender,…); Intergenerational transmission of substance abuse due to health and social inequities: family and community interventions ; unequal access to prevention and treatment resources; changing levels of inequality.
    INTENT AND PREDICTABILITY IN POLICY MAKING Methodologies to assess intended and unintended consequences of proposed measures

    (You will be able to add up to 2 other topics you consider high priority if they do not appear on this list)

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