Laura Vatrtrova works at the partner organization “Therapiesalon im Wald” and shows what is required for a successful aftercare procedure as well as the qualities required by experts for effective aftercare.

Lucija Sabliljić is social pedagogue and she is working in Andrija Štampar Teaching Institute for Public Health, Public Health Department, Center for mental health and addiction prevention. They are having four locations in Zagreb and their aim is to locate and cover as many young people with mental health problems in general, especially those who use or abuse illegal drugs. They are collaborating with Social welfare and other relevant stakeholders in community.

Mia Štefanović is a young social pedagogue who is working in diagnosis and treatment young people with different behavioral problems. She found out about NPS few years ago and since then it became great interest of her. Her final thesis was about NPS. While she was writing it she researched from different researchers theoretically and now she has experience in practically work.

Denis Pavela is working in Traffic Safety Association. He answered on question where is connection between topic of NPS and Traffic Safety Association – young people die in traffic accident under the influence of drugs.

Smilja Bagarić is working in Croatian Institute of Public Health and she has a lot of experience in work with consumers of all kinds of illegal substances. In her presentation for Handle it!, she was talking about new psychoactive substances. She divided them into legal highs, food supplements, medicines, research chemicals and designer drugs. She also talked about types of control that are used by different countries, with highlight on Croatia. Croatia adopt new generic list of drugs in 2019. More about you can hear in her presentation.

Lea Verdel, who works as a social worker in Humanitarna organizacija „Zajednica Susret“, a non-profit organization located in Zagreb (Croatia), talks with Dr. Dirk Kratz, leader of Therapieverbund Ludwigsmühle (Germany) about the situation of NPS in croatia and Germany, especially about the types of NPS-users, the problems when dealing with them and the topic of NPs in general and what should change for a better communication about it

Timea Kiss-Lukasik (social worker) talks about drug-free methods in the residential drug rehabilitation institute of young people of Megálló

Zsolt Petke (MD, PhD, psychiatrist, OPAI-Nyírő Hospital Addictology department, head of department, cooperative psychiatrist of Megálló) talks about dual diagnose in addictive care