Yimsaard et al. note that Thailand's public health impact of cannabis legalisation must be carefully monitored and underline the necessity for evidence-based guidelines to inform prevention strategies, and implement interventions for at-risk populations, including young adults.
YouthRISE and SSDP International summarise the experiences of a project aimed at increasing the capacity of youth-led organisations to engage with EU drug policy making.
Lasco argues that the forcible drug testing of students places a burden on the school system's resources and puts students at risk of stigma and fatal violence.
Felker-Kantor links how through the DARE program the police expanded their reach and ability to define the parameters of the 'war on drugs' and ignored the structural roots of the drug crisis by reinforcing the turn toward blaming the problem on drug users themselves.
As drug overdoses, including in relation to fentanyl-laced substances, more than double, calls for youth-specific harm reduction and overdose prevention and management become louder.
The publication offers insights into how the PARTY project organised and implemented online harm reduction interventions working with e-volunteers and harm reduction experts.
The case and ruling were triggered after four children were set to undergo a compulsory residential diversion programme following a school-sanctioned drug test.
Barrett et al. propose a conceptual framework to encompass the theoretical, practical, ethical and legal issues pertaining to a harm reduction approach for minors.
Fontecha and Walker allude to a lack of formal economic opportunities, familial traditions and armed groups pressure as key factors that motivate young people's involvement in informal coca growing.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy International and Youth RISE are launching a new Erasmus+ project intended to increase the capacity of youth-led organisations that engage in drug policy reform and young people to advocate at the European Union level.
