The age for consumption of alcohol/tobacco is 12 years old, while illicit drugs age is 14 years old. Many students have acknowledged that they had needed treatment at some point.
Peru has done much to develop well-adapted and validated programmes:
– Prevention among high-risk groups, family prevention, early guidance programme for adolescents, telephone hotlines and webpage.
– Treatment organised by the Ministry of Public Health
– Statistic collection: we are seeking to protecting young people and children in the form of recommendations from UNODC that we support.