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Children and drugs: the protection racket | Isabelle Volpe

May 10, 2023
10:17

When we introduce laws and policies to protect our children from drugs, are we actually doing more harm than good?  

Historically, the ‘protection of children’ has been more about adult fears than child wellbeing. But even today, our ideas about protecting children are still quite paternalistic, exclusionary, dishonest and sometimes even dangerous. It's easy enough to stick our heads in the sand and imagine that we can wish away children’s drug use. It’s harder, but far more rewarding, to look at things from the point of view of our children.  

Isn’t it time we stopped framing our rules around ideas of right and wrong, and started thinking in terms of what would really keep more children safe? Won’t someone please think of the children? 

For more information, visit unsw.to/IsabelleVolpe.

This talk was a part of Fresh Blood, an event of short talks in the 2022 Festival of Dangerous Ideas.

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