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Youth R.I.S.E: Resources. Information. Support. Education for Reducing Drug-Related Harm


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Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS

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Title: Youth R.I.S.E: Resources. Information. Support. Education for Reducing Drug-Related Harm
Location: Global
Status: In Planning
Timeline: 2000-01-01 to 2000-01-01
Categories: Education, Human Rights, Health, Substance Abuse

Description:
Many young people use drugs at some point in their lives; the majority do so with little or no resultant harm. But many youth, lacking information, support, and resources, are at risk of drug-related harms such as overdose, HIV or hepatitis infection or arrest. The majority of these risks & harms can be reduced through honest education, provision of safer means of using drugs & implementation of humane drug laws: this is harm reduction. ...

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Mar 14th, 2008 - 14:31:01 | Esther Agbarakwe
Hi everyone, am Esther and i just want to write on my participation at the 3rd Africa Conference on sexual Health and Right that was held at the International Conference center Abuja form the... (read more)

Feb 7th, 2008 - 18:05:23 | Caitlin
Report from World AIDS Campaign meeting in Amsterdam, January 30-February 1 I have just finished participating in a 2-day consultation organized by the World AIDS Campaign (WAC) and funded by... (read more)

Jan 8th, 2008 - 19:23:10 | Caitlin
Hi everyone, Now that we have received funding, we are able to develop the network in ways that we couldn't before. We now have 2 coordinators, myself and Kyla Zanardi, working full-time and... (read more)

Jul 7th, 2007 - 10:00:19 | Caitlin
Reflections on Youth Participation at the 18th IHRA Conference, Warsaw Poland: We announced the formation of an international harm reduction network for youth at the Vancouver 2006 IHRA... (read more)

Jun 3rd, 2007 - 02:03:25 | Caitlin
Hello everyone! For those of you who travelled to the 18th International Conference on Drug Related Harm... I hope you had safe travels home! We will be posting the notes from the satellite... (read more)

Apr 25th, 2007 - 15:20:25 | Joya Banerjee
Dear Friends, If you are attending the upcoming 18th International Conference on Drug-Related Harm in Warsaw,... (read more)

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Discussions  Discussions
accredited drugs information
jo1 | 05:44 AM

God as a catalyst of change
aiyepraz | 04:14 PM

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Who Is Involved?  Who Is Involved?
Individuals:
Administrator Caitlin Padgett (Canada)
Leader ()
Leader ()
Leader Joya Banerjee (India)
Leader Sue Currie (United States)
- Prof. M.Ismail (Pakistan)
- Ssesanga Paul (Uganda)
- Emma Nicolle (Australia)
- Sudan Rai (Nepal)
- Amenze Igbinedion (Nigeria)
- Allie Morse (Canada)
- Bless4real (Nigeria)
- ASUDI (Kenya)
- ()
- Chris (Cameroon)

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Documents  Documents
Document Basics Network - Peer projects and Party drugs

Document The International Nursing Harm Reduction Network

Document INPUD – The International Network of People who Use Drugs

Document Reduc - Brazilian Harm Reduction and Human Rights Network

Document Correlation – European Network for Social Inclusion and Health

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Photo Album  Photo Album
satellite meeting

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