http://www.unodc.org/newsletter/en/perspectives/0601/page003.html

Drugs affect everyone everywhere, either directly or indirectly, and children are no exception. Some kids start using marijuana, amphetamines and inhalants at an early age to fit in or deal with stress. Harder drugs may follow. Other kids are paying the price for their parents' drug addiction or involvement in trafficking. This special feature explores the links between children and drugs.

• Myanmar: Communities face their challenges together
  Residents in 30 villages have united to counter poverty- and drug-related problems that affect everyone, including children.
• Peru: Reclaiming the streets
  Sport and Life schools give disadvantaged children and adolescents a chance to play street football and learn life skills.
• Egypt: Street children and substance abuse
  Children who live and work on the streets are vulnerable to violence, abuse and exploitation. Some use drugs to cope.
• Kenya: Drugs, crime and the law
  The prison system provides a number of rehabilitation opportunities for youngsters who use drugs.
• Behind bars
  Small children sometimes live in prison with their parents, most of whom are serving drug-related sentences.
  
  

Previous Publication (general) items

• 18/10/2006: Left Behind, Left Out: The Impact on Children and Families of Mothers Migrating for Work Abroad
• 18/10/2006: Understanding Child Poverty in South-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
• 18/10/2006: Children's Actions to End Violence against Boys and Girls
• 18/10/2006: Transnational Protection of Children: The case of Albania and Greece 2000-2006
• 17/10/2006: DRC: Children at War, Creating Hope for the Future

Organisation Contact Details:

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Vienna International Centre
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A-1400 Vienna

Tel: +43 1 26060 0
Fax: +43 1 26060 5866
Website: www.unodc.org

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Last updated 19/10/2006 10:11:20

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