National Bureau for Drug Prevention has been collected data from local communes since 2003. Each institution involved in the National Programme for Counteracting Drug Addiction (NPCDA) receives the questionnaire. A total of 50 questionnaires are sent annually to central and provincial institutions and over 2500 communes. In the case of provincial and communal governments standardised questionnaires were developed to collect quantitative data necessary to estimate the involvement of regional and local authorities in the NPCDA implementation. Data are collected through provincial drug experts, who cooperate with the Information Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction of the National Bureau for Drug Prevention (KBPN). Thanks to the drug experts the questionnaire return rate is high. In 2009, 2246 (91%) out of the total of 2 478 communes sent back the questionnaire. In comparison to the previous year 4% more communes sent back the questionnaire. Communal questionnaires are analyzed by means of SPSS 18 statistical software package. Important tasks of the KPPN stakeholders include the development of local KPPN-based programmes.
In 2009 91% of communes (2094) implemented communal programmes for counteracting drug addiction or programmes including drug-related issues. Almost 70% of communes supported primary prevention programmes with the total amount of PLN 36 million. The total number of universal prevention programmes in place stood at 7 348, which is 408 more compared to the previous year. Primary prevention actions were taken in 10 961 settings (10 199 settings in 2008). The programmes included the total number
of 2 203 677 beneficiaries (approx. 1 493 000 in 2008).
