The war on drugs is a war on us: young people who use drugs and the fight for harm reduction in the Global South

The war on drugs is a war on us: young people who use drugs and the fight for harm reduction in the Global South

Abstract In the Global South, young people who use drugs (YPWUD) are exposed to multiple interconnected social and health harms, with many low- and middle-income countries enforcing racist, prohibitionist-based drug policies that generate physical and structural violence. While harm reduction covera...

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Main Authors: M-J Stowe, Rita Gatonye, Ishwor Maharjan, Seyi Kehinde, Sidarth Arya, Jorge Herrera Valderrábano, Angela Mcbride, Florian Scheibein, Emmy Kageha Igonya, Danya Fast
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-02-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
Subjects:
Young people who use drugs
Global South
Low- and middle-income countries
Drugs
Drug policy
Harm reduction
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00914-7

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