LTTA Slovenia

One chaperone and three youth representatives from each partner organisation came to the LTTA. The participants were carefully selected long in advance. Disadvantaged youth also participated in the activity. Local participants were also involved in the LTTA. The activity was held at the request of the international participants in Ljubljana, which was much more convenient in terms of transport links and sports facilities than Maribor, the city of the host organisation. The main theme of the LTTA was the issue of drug abuse and drugs. During the seminars, informal discussions and sport activities (paddle boarding, hiking) the youths got acquainted with their effect on the psyche. A seminar with a representative of the The seminar with a representative of the Slovenian Anti-Doping Committee was a highlight of this LTTA. the list of banned substances in sport, how controls are carried out and the most glaring cases of state-organised doping in countries such as the Russian Federation or the former GDR. It was the efforts of national anti-doping committees against evasion and falsification of controls were described results. Not only during the seminar with the Slovenian anti-doping committee representative, the the legal consequences arising from the abuse of banned substances, their risks to the physical and mental health, the basic possibilities of distinguishing between a permitted and desirable substance and a banned or free unwanted substances (kratom, extreme amounts of caffeine, etc.). Other knowledge that participants gained included a list of over-the-counter drugs and substances classified as food supplements that are unfortunately used to enhance athlete performance, muscle mass growth, increase endurance and speed up recovery. From the suggestions received during the LTTA, articles with above mentioned topics. After the group evaluation of the LTTA, participants received Youthpasses and certificates certificates of participation.