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Students have the power to create change.

Join a global student movement working on drug policy: chapters on campus, campaign resources, leadership training and a network that reaches from your students' union to the UN.

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Why this matters

Campuses are where drug policy is enforced most and debated least.

Disciplinary codes, campus policing and welfare policies shape student lives directly, and students are usually the last people consulted. Organised student chapters change that balance.

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Active SSDP chapters worldwide

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Campus policy wins recorded by chapters

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Students trained through SSDP leadership programmes

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How SSDP International can help

What SSDP gives student organisers.

Featured resources

Resources for coursework and campaigns.

Toolkit

Chapter starter kit

Everything needed to launch and register a chapter on your campus.

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Toolkit

Ambassadorship guide

For students at institutions where a formal society isn't possible yet.

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Report

Youth responses to the World Drug Report

Our annual youth-authored analysis | citable in essays and dissertations.

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Policy brief

Policy Lab

Compare drug laws and health responses across 190+ countries for your research.

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Course

Harm Reduction 101

A grounding in the public health evidence base, with sources you can cite.

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Guide

Staying safe at parties

A judgement-free peer safety guide you can hand out at any campus event.

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Guide

Myths vs facts

Evidence-based answers to the claims that come up in every campus debate.

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Article

Research hub

Evidence summaries and reading lists across criminology, public health and rights.

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Campus leadership

Student-led dialogues across South African campuses.

Leaders from the School of Social Sciences who are also SSDP WITS chapter members, alongside SSDP NWU, SSDP UCT and SSDP CPUT, hold dialogues on campus with their peers and host events about policy and substance use.

SSDP South Africa chapters

School of Social Sciences chapter members
WITS

School of Social Sciences chapter members

Campus dialogue and events
NWU

Campus dialogue and events

Peers discussing policy and substance use
UCT + CPUT

Peers discussing policy and substance use

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