Lack of youth-friendly harm reduction services and programmes
One of the biggest challenges for young drug users is the lack of youthfriendly harm reduction services . Harm reduction programmes are often geared towards older adult clients and service providers often are limited in resources and capacity to extend their services to young people . In Youth R . I . S . E ./ International Harm Reduction Association ’ s Report on the Conventions of the Rights of the Child , a report that focuses on young people ’ s rights and their need to access to harm reduction services , all 14 countries represented in the report identified that the lack of youth-friendly harm reduction services is one of the primary barriers for young people .
Objectives
By the end of the session , participants will be able to describe stereotypes of drug Objectives users and how these stereotypes relate to young people ’ s ability to reduce drug-related harm .