Respectful communication meant being kind “ protection shouldn’t mean living with and courteous when possible and actually listening to youth, and police taking the time to consider the situation before acting, and that little mind in the back of your head getting the facts before jumping to conclusions. [...] “ The best way to deal with drugs is Many youth saw the damaging effects of addiction and criminalization and saw a need for more robust and accessible drug not through violence and force, and and alcohol treatment services available to youth and other people action, and putting people in prisons… who use drugs, safe consumption sites, more housing, employment [Let’s] not…cast these people aside a. [...] Youth had had some positive the situation, and see what happened, and experiences with Tribal police and generally appreciated when ask questions, and try to help people.” the police force was more diverse and representative of the communities where they live. [...] Indigenous youth were 41% more likely to report discriminated by the police or courts than white youth and 65% of Indigenous youth had four or more encounters with police in “ They were all white cops. [...] Youth want to be seen and take care of the overdose themselves to avoid embarrassment, heard and treated with compassion in the difficult and often “ They came and sat with me…weren’t traumatic experience of overdose.judgmental at all…it seemed like Youth had very mixed knowledge of the GSDOA and many were they really did care about me and my concerned about criminalization due to drug use if they.
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