In Romania, the abuse and consumption of drugs has increased in significance as social illness, a problem which is fought with a lackluster arsenal. Th e diplomacy of the country is mainly employed with restrictive punishments; including the lack of medical treatment available for prisoners. Th e lack of services available in drug-rehabilitation and psychological de-toxication is making most of the users to turn away from distrusted sources. Furthermore, the efforts aimed at the containment of peril are under attack. Th e situation of efforts directed towards drug prevention is in the same conjecture. Hitherto the Independence Zone, which is an initiative based in Cluj-Napoca, has performed it’s’ activities in the area which has been uppermentioned, for ten years. Focusing on the most dangerous group, the activity of IZ, since 2004, has taken place during the main festival that youths attend in Transylvania, subjecting its’ sharing of a multitude of prevention-efforts as well as the results of field work in order to provide useful guidance and council for pedagogues and main audience. In this article we present the main achievements since its ten year inception of the IZ, the prolific professional achievements, as well as highlighting a few of the insightful data from the research provided by the fieldwork performed at several festivals.
Keywords: drug prevention activities, drug policy, youth festivals, fieldwork

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