Harm reduction calls to action from young people who use drugs on the streets of Vancouver and Lisbon.
Activism
Harm reduction
Homelessness
Young people who use drugs
Journal
Harm reduction journal
ISSN: 1477-7517
Titre abrégé: Harm Reduct J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101153624
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 05 2022
04 05 2022
Historique:
received:
06
12
2021
accepted:
03
03
2022
entrez:
3
5
2022
pubmed:
4
5
2022
medline:
6
5
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Vancouver, Canada, and Lisbon, Portugal, are both celebrated for their world-leading harm reduction policies and programs and regarded as models for other cities contending with the effects of increasing levels of drug use in the context of growing urban poverty. However, we challenge the notion that internationally celebrated places like Lisbon and Vancouver are meeting the harm reduction needs of young people who use drugs (YPWUD; referring here to individuals between the ages of 14 and 29). In particular, the needs of YPWUD in the context of unstable housing, homelessness, and ongoing poverty-a context which we summarize here as "street involvement"-are not being adequately met. We are a group of community and academic researchers and activists working in Vancouver, Lisbon, and Pittsburgh. Most of us identify as YPWUD and have lived and living experience with the issues described in this comment. We make several calls to action to support the harm reduction needs of YPWUD in the context of street involvement in and beyond our settings.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35505320
doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00607-7
pii: 10.1186/s12954-022-00607-7
pmc: PMC9064719
doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
43Subventions
Organisme : CIHR
ID : OCC-154893
Pays : Canada
Organisme : CIHR
ID : PJT-153239
Pays : Canada
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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