Youth Drug Use Prevention

A network for young changemakers working to make their communities better by developing innovative programs for preventing drug use.

Moderators

Robert Alvarez

CADCA

Isabella Araujo

Organization of American States/CICAD

Dichen Choden

Shavangi Sutaria

State Department/International Narcotics and Law Enforcement

Andrew Blair Thompson

Department of State, INL

Discussions الملفات الصور مقاطع الفيديو روابط الفعاليات مشاركة المعرفة الكل

"The Caribbean region is a major transit area for illicit drugs, primarily cocaine. These drugs are produced in South America, destined for markets worldwide. Small Caribbean jurisdictions are extremely vulnerable to the influence of drug trafficking at the political, economic, and social levels. International drug trafficking has contributed to drug abuse, and has increased crime and violence at the local level."
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

As Small Island Developing States we are faced with the debilitating effects of drugs and illicit trafficking within our societies and...

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America This is a time of great disruption, anxiety and stress for young people in communities across this country and throughout the world. This webinar, created and delivered by youth and adults in partnership, will focus on the ways youth respond to stress and...

The content contained in Rural Youth Engagement Toolkit was created to address substance misuse in rural communities through the meaningful engagement and involvement of rural youth in the process to enact lasting change that will contribute to healthy and safe communities throughout America. Much...

On Saturday 7th March 2020 the RISE YOUTH team held an orientation and recruitment drive session at the Indian Walk Police Youth Club to get participants for the Drug Use Prevention Programme. We ended the activity with a CHESS game to keep the youths engage and looking forward to the next session.

I was fortunate enough to take part in a first responder training in January. This training opened my eyes to so many facts about drug use disorders amongst young people and the correlation between the disorder and the increase in certain diseases previously rarely found in young people, now...

In the last weeks there were many drug prevention sessions with different classes in different schools. Some of the students really like to make it clear during the sessions that they are not happy with our presence. This however boosts my motivation to work with them. I love seeing the change in...

UNODC

CADCA invited Dr. Alisa Padon to discuss her recent articles, “Alcohol brand use of youth-appealing advertising and consumption by youth and adults”, published in Journal of Public Health Research in 2018, and “A Randomized Trial of the Effect of Youth Appealing E-Cigarette Advertising on the...

On Wednesday , February 12, 2020 “Introduction to U.S. Grants” Workshop organized by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad ,Pakistan at the Lincoln Corner PACC Pakistan American Cultural Center (PACC) 1 Fatima Jinnah Road, Karachi Cantonment . Where discussed in brief about U.S. Grants opportunity, proposal...

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Around the globe, it is estimated that over 1,500 Model United Nations conferences are held every year, involving up to half a million learners from primary school to university. Under the #Education4Justice initiative, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime created a Resource Guide to provide a guideline...