There are many problems regarding young people who use drugs and their access to treatment. The age of first use of drugs in some countries is 13. In Cambodia and a number of other countries, there is use of torture, and cruel and inhumane treatment. There is a lack of efficient drug treatment in Easter …
Youth RISE
Undoing a decade of neglect: International drug policy and access to essential medical and harm reduction services
IHRA, Human Rights Watch, International AIDS Society and YouthRISE held a joint satellite event on the morning of Thursday 12th March. The speakers highlighted the failings of the past decade of drug control in ensuring access to health and essential medicines for vulnerable populations and expressed their deep dissatisfaction with the new Political Declaration that …
YouthRISE statement at the Demand Reduction Roundtable
Caitlin Padgett of YouthRISE spoke this morning at the Demand Reduction Roundtable. ‘Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak here. Including young people in these policy forums is crucial to demand reduction policy development. The statements I am about to give come not only from our organization – they were developed in partnership …