Preventative drug work 

The Regional State Administrative Agencies direct preventative substance abuse campaigns and programmes in their operating areas and plan and develop them together with other authorities and entities. The Regional State Administrative Agencies also support the municipalities and wellbeing services counties in their operating area in the implementation and development of preventative substance abuse work. 

We supervise and guide the legality of preventative substance abuse work in the wellbeing services counties and municipalities. 

News releases 

• From 5 June 2024, preventive substance abuse work will be a statutory task of the wellbeing services counties (in Finnish)
• Supervision accelerated the development of preventive substance abuse work in municipalities, 9 November 2022 (in Finnish)

Guidance letters 

• Regional State Administrative Agency and Valvira guidance letter to municipalities, 1 November 2021 (in Finnish)