United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP)

Drug Demand Reduction Programme: Mainstreaming and Drug Abuse Prevention

Proposed Duration: August 2001 - July 2003

Objectives:

• To mainstream drug abuse prevention initiatives.

Activities:

• Sensitize policy makers;

• Introduce drug abuse prevention methods that are community-centered;

• Provide support to various youth and women organizations;

• Develop and distribute drug abuse prevention material targeted at the youth;

• Awareness-raising through the media;

• Conduct studies on methods of drug-abuse prevention.

Activities specific to women:

• Awareness raising on drug prevention issues (including issues related particularly to women and families) among policy makers;

• Involvement of youth organizations in drug prevention, especially girl guides and boys scouts;

• Awareness raising on drug abuse prevention through electronic and print media specifically targeting women and the youth;

• In-depth studies on issues related to women and drug abuse based on the Rapid Situation Assessment on drug abuse in Pakistan.