Youth face barriers to overdose harm reduction, say front-line workers

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/16064584

“For young people, [they] often don’t have access to harm reduction services to the extent that older people have,” said DeBeck. “A lot of it is a reluctance to give them access to evidence-based harm reduction programs, I think out of fear that they might encourage substance use among young people or somehow send the wrong message.”

“The impact is that young people aren’t given the protections that those evidence-based interventions can provide,” added DeBeck.