Harm reduction strategies for people who use drugs , but do not inject
As we said before , and as you know , there are young people who use drugs all around the world . Many of these people do not inject , but use drugs through other routes , such as smoking , inhaling , swallowing ( liquid or pills ), etc . What does it mean to reduce drug-related harm for these individuals ? What are the responses that harm reduction and other comprehensive programmes provide for non-injecting drug users ? What concerns exist for STIs and blood borne infections and noninjection drug use , such as ATS , alcohol , marihuana , cocaine , and etcetera .
For the most part , young people do not have access to information regarding drugs and drug use that is friendly and objective . Furthermore , young people tend not to lack tools to communicate , advocate and propose new strategies to deal with drugs and / or drug policies overall . It is important that we , as young people , understand drugs , drug use and drug policies so we can come up with harm reduction strategies that work for us .
Next , we provide you with a diagram that outlines the HIV / AIDS Education Prevention Risk Reduction Model . The Model illustrates numerous factors that impact an individual ’ s vulnerability to HIV and categorizes them as individual factors or global / societal factors . It also outlines strategies for how to deal with individual and global / societal factors . This diagram may be helpful for facilitating group discussion about HIV prevention .