Guest Editors:
Alissa Greer, MPH, PhD, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Danya Fast, MA, PhD, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
Angela McBride, MPH, South African Network of People who Use Drugs, South Africa
Florian Scheibein, MSc, Youth RISE; Network of Early Career Professionals in Addiction Medicine; School of Health Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
The Harm Reduction Journal is compiling research articles and commentaries to the thematic series: Young people, drugs and harm reduction. With support from the Robert Carr Fund, Youth RISE is supporting the open access fees for a select number of accepted publications.
Submissions included a wide range of topics that relate to young people who use drugs (under 30 years of age) and harm reduction, broadly construed. Authors were encouraged to include consideration of the notion of intersectionality; that is, they should attend to the ways that age, gender, sexual orientation, class, race, ability and/or geography intersect to shape youth’s experiences of and engagements with drug use and harm reduction. Submissions which reflect non-traditional views and approaches to harm reduction were also strongly encouraged, as are submissions produced by young people who use drugs and researchers from lower- and middle-income countries. Articles should also consider best and promising practices and identified future areas for action, advocacy, and research.
This Special Series benefits from a partnership with Filter magazine. Filter will work with Youth RISE and authors to produce and publish a series of accessible articles, with a view to broadening the reach of work published in this series.
Submissions for this series are currently open
Contact the Editorial Office for more information and guidance. All submissions will be subject to standard editorial policies and the journal's normal peer-review process. Submissions authored by the Guest Editors will be handled by the Editor-in-Chief. Submissions authored by the Advisory Board will be handled by the Guest Editors at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief according to any stated conflicts of interest.
Advisory Board
Ailish Brennan, Youth RISE, Germany
Alex Betsos, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Youth RISE, Canada
At-Risk Youth Study Youth Advisory Council, Canada
Beatrix Vas, Youth RISE; Students for Sensible Drug Policy Hungary, Hungary
Carolina Ahumada, Youth RISE; Intercambios, Argentina
Cedric Nininahazwe, Y+ Global, South Africa
Dr. Damon Barrett, School of Public Health and Community Medicine Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr. Emmy Kageha Igonya, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
Florencia Manns Fuenzalida, En Plenas Facultades, Spain
Gaj Garung, Youth LEAD, Thailand
Gloria Lai, International Drug Policy Consortium, Thailand
Humberto Rotondo, Youth RISE; Latinoamérica por una Política Sensata de Drogas, Peru
Iga Jeziorska, Youth Organisations for Drug Action, Department of Public Policy and Management, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
Irena Molnar, Youth Organisations for Drug Action; Re Generation, Serbia
Ishwor Maharjan, Youth RISE, Nepal
Joana Canedo, Youth RISE; Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos, Portugal
Juan Fernández Ochoa, International Drug Policy Consortium, United Kingdom
Judy Chang, International Network of People who Use Drugs, United Kingdom
Lana Roux, European Network of People who Use Drugs, United Kingdom
Dr. Larissa J. Maier, University of California, San Francisco, United States
Dr. Lindsey Hines, Centre for Academic Mental Health/Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Kelly Ebbert, Youth RISE; Live to Love Project, United States
Mat Southwell, European Network of People who Use Drugs, United Kingdom
Matthew Bonn, Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs; International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, Canada
MJ Stowe, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Youth RISE; South African Network of People who Use Drugs, South Africa
Nick Kent, Students for Sensible Drug Policy Australia, Australia
Oluseyi Kehinde, Youth RISE Nigeria, Nigeria
Orsi Feher, Students for Sensible Drug Policy International, Austria
Dr. Paolo Grandinetti, Network of Early Career Professionals in Addiction Medicine; ASL Teramo, Italy
Penelope Hill, University of New South Wales, Australia
Rhana Hashemi, Center for Political Drug Education, United States
Róisín Downes, Students for Sensible Drug Policy International, Austria
Ruby Lawlor, Youth RISE, Uganda
Sangeet Kayashta, YPEER Asia Pacific Centre, Thailand
Dr. Sidharth Arya, Network of Early Career Professionals in Addiction Medicine; Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, India
Will Godfrey, Filter, United States
Wiqas Ahmad, Initiative for Youth and Sustainable Development, Pakistan
Zara Snapp, Instituto RIA, AC; Latin American Network of People who Use Drugs, Mexico
This series is supported through a grant from