Kali-olt Sedgemore leads the Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War in Vancouver, Canada, which works to change policy and empower people who use drugs (including young people), both by filling systemic gaps in healthcare provision, and through long-term systems change.
Joana Canedo leads the Manas in Lisbon, Portugal, a peer-led, activist collective of women and young women using drugs and surviving gender-based violence.
Young people use drugs. We need to accept this reality, and give them what they need to survive and thrive.…