In Sierra Leone, Gender Minister Urges Stakeholders to Tackle Drug Abuse

Published June 28, 2013

In Sierra Leone, Gender Minister Urges Stakeholders to Tackle Drug Abuse

Filed under: drug abuse

The Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs Moijue Kaikai has made a clarion call to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) working in the health sector to join hands to eradicate drug …
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Giving clean needles to drug users: Helps or hurts?

Filed under: drug abuse

As a minister, I am acutely aware of the painful toll that drug abuse takes on our families and communities. But in addressing the harms of drug abuse, we need to adopt approaches that are sound, effective and compassionate. Too often, our approaches …
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Ruby Callaway Robinson, 81: Early substance abuse prevention advocate in …

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A substance abuse and prevention organization established in 1980, the Comprehensive Auxiliary for the Southwest Community on Alcohol and Drug Education, or CASCADE, was the result of Callaway's struggle with her husband's alcoholism. “He died in …
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