Education

  1. Knowledge
  2. Education

School just teaches us how not to take drugs. Our approach to education empowers young people to reduce the harms of drugs, and find their voices in the policy debate.

Safer Partying Initiative

The Safer Partying Initiative is a trailblazing project that connects University students with harm reduction tips and drug testing kits to make drug use safer in their communities. 

One of the first projects of our organisation, the Safer Partying Initiative began as a collaboration between the Melbourne University Student Union (UMSU) and the SSDP team at the University of Melbourne.

From 2017-2019 SSDP UniMelb worked with the Welfare Department at UMSU to develop and implement a program to give re-agent drug testing kits to students, and expert harm reduction education from the DanceWize program at Harm Reduction Victoria. The Safer Partying Initiative has since spread to Edith Cowan University in 2019 in collaboration with the ECU Student Guild.

Contact us at hello@ssdp.org.au if you’re interested in helping us expand the Safer Partying Initiative on your campus. 

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