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The shortage of methadone in Mexico is putting people who use drugs at high risk
Written by Rebeca Calzada and Rebeca Marques Rocha At the end of April, civil society organisations, collectives and human rights activists in Mexico reported the shortage of methadone in the country, urging the federal government to support the provision of the medication in public and private clinics. Methadone is a synthetic drug used in opioid…
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Exploring the Youth Perspective at Breaking Convention: Insights from Youth RISE’s Erasmus+ Project Manager
Written by Manuela Memi Breaking Convention is an international conference held every two years in the UK that focuses on psychedelic consciousness, bringing together people from the field of psychedelic research, activism, art, and harm reduction, this time at the University of Exeter. It is the counterpart of the corporate psychedelic conferences in the American…
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Ending the Death Penalty for Drug-related Offences: A Global Imperative
Why the Death Penalty for Drug-Related Offences Must Be Abolished Image credits: Austen Leake/AP This op-ed was written by Rebeca Marques Rocha and reviewed by Ruby Lawlor in response to the execution of Tangaraju Suppiah (Appu). The death penalty has been discussed worldwide, with the public debate grappling with the morality and efficacy of this…
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4Youth 2023 Meeting in Bali – Global Youth Consortium
4Youth, the global youth consortium, meets to reflect on successes, challenges, lessons learned and to plan for the coming years For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, regional and global networks of young key populations and people living with HIV, the global youth consortium under the Robert Carr Fund, met in…
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Investing in the Future: Prioritizing Youth Health on World Health Day and Beyond
Statement on the occasion of World Health Day, April 7th Written by Rebeca Marques Rocha The most recent data from the World Bank and the World Health Organization indicate that at least half of the world’s population does not have full coverage of essential health services. Currently, over 930 million people spend at least 10%…
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Crossing the next border: travel restrictions for harm reduction activists
Written by: Marialba Quesada Exploring and learning from the environment is part of our lives from an early age. We continue this path of human formation by learning from the people, words, objects and ideas that surround us, until we begin to question violent actions that are normalized in the world, such as why we…
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The Ecological Consequences of Drug Prohibition: How Current Drug Control Approaches are Harming Our Planet and Endangering Young People’s Future
This statement was given during the Plenary Session of the 66th meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, in Vienna, 13-17 March. Written by: Rebeca Calzada and Ruby Lawlor According to research published by The Lancet A survey done to 10,000 children and young people (16 – 25 yo) in 2021 in Australia, Brazil, Finland,…
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Youth RISE attends the 66th Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Youth RISE participated in the 66th Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), between March 13-17, at the United Nations in Vienna. Written by: Rebeca Marques Rocha The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is a United Nations body that plays a key role in shaping international drug policy. Every year, government officials, representatives of UN agencies, and…
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