Report leads to online buzz

BUZZED - stories that stimulate conversation on the real impacts of alcohol and other drugs to inspire change – is a social media campaign launched today in response to an Auckland Council report, ‘Knowing Someone Cares,’ about the city’s most vulnerable young people and their experiences with alcohol and other drugs.

Buzzed, featuring high profile supporters Tiki Taane, Marcus Powell and Mike King along with a number of young people, is a campaign set up by the Community Action Youth and Drugs (CAYAD) team at Auckland Council, funded by the Ministry of Health.

For this campaign CAYAD filmed a number of individuals who willingly shared their journeys through use and recovery from alcohol and other drugs, to help increase awareness of related harms and support individuals and communities to take action and create positive change. These stories build on the evidence gained through the report on vulnerable young people, “Knowing Someone Cares”.

“We will be sharing these stories on our BUZZED website and Facebook page so that young people are inspired to create positive change for themselves or in their community,” says CAYAD Manager Brian Taylor.

The report’s researchers found that vulnerable young people use Facebook to keep up with their friends, but are more likely to access the social media platform sporadically during the day when they are near free wifi outlets.

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