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Together We Walk

Project Approved in 2009

This project aims to form a network comprising community leaders, professionals, ex-drug abusers and etc. in Shatin to promote anti-drug messages to youth; to promote the self-image of young people; and to raise local community’s concern on the youth drug abuse problem.

“Anti-Drugs Friendly Support” Community Anti-Drugs Project

Project Approved in 2009

This project aims to provide treatment and counselling service to young drug abusers and their families through the collaboration among Police, medical professionals and drug treatment and rehabilitation agencies.  The project also includes setting up an anti-drug website, seminars, workshops, and parental education, etc.

Integrated Drugs Education Programmes for South Asian (IDEP)

Project Approved in 2009

This project aims to support South Asians through in-depth workshops and a variety of community education programmes to increase their awareness towards drugs and to reduce the risk of the South Asian youth and community members from abusing drugs.

TEENS Program - Adolescent-at-risk Based Community Drugs Prevention

Project Approved in 2009

This project aims to provide preventive education and early identification services for schools, to provide treatment and rehabilitation services to young drug abusers identified, to attract youth’s concern on drug problem through a web platform.  Rehabilitated drug abusers and students from tertiary education institutes will be recruited as mentors to assist in the project.

“Fresh Express” an integrated community project on anti youth drug abuse at Wong Tai Sin

Project Approved in 2009

This project involves co-operation between medical professionals, social workers at district-based level.  Body check and counselling service for psychotropic substance youth abusers will be provided.  Necessary referrals to specialist treatment will be made.  Educational workshops targeted for teachers, parents, youths, private medical practitioners and social workers, training course & camp for ambassadors (students and parents), comic contest, etc. will also be held.

Joint Hand in Hand for Healthy School Life, Happy Community Life!

Project Approved in 2009

This project promotes multi-disciplinary anti-drug collaboration in Kowloon City District. Local medical practitioners, social workers, psychiatrists, teachers, university students join hands to form a network to help psychotropic substance abusers in the district. Project activities include preventive education in schools and community, early identification of at-risk young students, adventure training activities, etc.

Psychiatric Comorbidity and Cognitive Dysfunction in Primarily Ketamine Users – a Closer Look

Project Approved in 2009

The research objectives of this project are (a) to ascertain the prevalence and correlates of psychiatric comorbidity (psychotic disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders) in primarily ketamine users, in comparison to ketamine poly-drug users and healthy youth; and (b) to evaluate cognitive function in primarily ketamine users, in comparison to the ketamine poly-drug group and healthy youth.

The Dietary Intake and Body Weight Status of Adolescent Psychotropic Substance Abusers in Hong Kong – an Explorative Study for Improving Drugs Rehabilitation Programme

Project Approved in 2009

The research objectives of this project are to investigate the dietary intake and body weight status of adolescent drug abusers in Hong Kong and to examine the effect of different types of psychotropic substance abusing on dietary intake and body weight status.  Dietary information will be provided to adolescent abusers and drugs rehabilitation programme and workers.

Transnationalism and Drug Abuse: A Study on the Nepalese Drug Abusers in Hong Kong

Project Approved in 2009

The research objective of this project is to find out how the transnational experience of Nepalese drug abusers in Hong Kong has affected their drug abuse history in both Hong Kong and Nepal.

2008 Shatin District 'No Drugs' Dancing Competition

Project Approved in 2008

To promote the anti-drug message through a dancing competition targeting at secondary school students and residents in the district.