Date: 01/08/2024

The project is ended on 1 August 2024.

 

Introduction

According to Narcotic Division, more people, especially teenagers/ youngers, were reported to abuse cannabis in recent years. As more countries are planning to legalise cannabis, local cannabis users are likely to show resistance to the discourse of "cannabis is a drug". Sometimes they ignore the negative influences of cannabis and show unwillingness to seek help.

Funded by Beat Drug Fund, a two-year project named "Project THC – Stratified Cannabis Users Intervention" has been launched on 1st August 2022. Given that THC refers to "Treatment", "Health" and "Connection", the project aims at providing a non-judgmental platform for various cannabis users to review and discover the meanings and effects of taking cannabis, as well as building a positive living attitude for them.

 

Objectives

• To provide individual counselling to cannabis abusers
• To establish a positive living attitude for cannabis users by organising groups and activities
• To organise and train the tertiary students as "Cannabis Counsellor", discovering the high-risk cannabis users via online and offline reaching out methods.
• To provide preventive education programmes to secondary and tertiary students
• To provide enquiry service for the general public

 

Service Contents

• Individual counselling
• Social and spiritual support groups and activities
• "Cannabis Counsellor" training
• Outreaching services
• Medical support services
• Family support groups
• Professional training

 

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