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Honest, evidence-based information about drugs, your rights and your wellbeing, plus a global movement of young people changing the policies that affect you.

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Why this matters

Policies about young people are still written without young people.

Young people carry most of the consequences of punitive drug laws, arrests, exclusions, lost opportunities, and almost none of the decision-making power. Reliable information and a seat at the table change that.

1961

Year the treaty framework still shaping global drug law was signed, before most governments consulted young people at all.

Source: UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

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Young people reached through SSDP chapter education sessions

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Countries where our chapters and ambassadors are active

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Youth delegates SSDP has supported at UN drug policy sessions

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How SSDP International can help

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CourseFree app

The SSDP Pathways app

A digital platform supporting accessible, evidence-informed and people-centred responses to drug-related issues: practical information, harm reduction resources, referral pathways and support services.

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Course~45 min

Harm Reduction 101

Six short modules covering the evidence behind harm reduction, with a quiz at the end.

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Guide6 min read

Decriminalisation explained

Decriminalisation, legalisation and depenalisation | what each actually means.

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Toolkit

Start a chapter

Step-by-step guide to launching an SSDP chapter at your school, campus or city.

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Report

Publications library

Every SSDP report, brief and handbook, including our youth responses to the World Drug Report.

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Guide

Staying safe at parties

Planning ahead, watching out for friends, consent, and what to do in an emergency.

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Guide

Talking to adults about drug use

How to prepare with evidence and stay calm when you need a parent or teacher to hear you.

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Guide

Myths vs facts

Eight of the most common claims about drugs, answered with the evidence.

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Guide

Mental health and substance use

How the two connect, harm reduction basics, and how to support a friend.

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Comic5 min each

Choices: comic storybooks

Six interactive stories where you make the calls: parties, peer pressure, mental health and overdose response.

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Guide

Find support near you

Harm reduction, mental health and treatment services, plus what to do in an emergency.

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Article

Stories from the movement

What young people around the world are actually changing, in their own words.

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Students holding drug policy reform placards at a campus action

Success story

A campus campaign that changed the rulebook.

“We stopped asking the university to punish students less and started showing them the evidence. Amnesty for anyone calling for help was the first thing they agreed to.”
— SSDP chapter organisers
Medical-amnesty policy adopted after student advocacy
Amnesty

Medical-amnesty policy adopted after student advocacy

Training delivered by students, not external contractors
Peer-led

Training delivered by students, not external contractors

Chapter now sits on the university wellbeing committee
Ongoing

Chapter now sits on the university wellbeing committee

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Frequently asked

Questions young people ask us most.

No. Our chapters welcome people with every relationship to drugs, including none at all. This is about policy, not personal use.

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