This guidance has been developed to help community groups prepare and respond to volatile substance use and harm amongst young people in their communities.
This step-by-step guidance provides information, templates, and resources to help you build a response plan. While different communities will have their own approach that works best for them, these steps will walk you through everything you need to think about when developing your approach to volatile substance harm, and how you can support the rangatahi in your area.
These steps can help you develop a plan in advance, or to help coordinate a response post-incident.
Key information
Getting prepared
How you can prepare for a volatile substances harm incident, and the steps you can take now to help you respond.
After a response
Taking time after a volatile substance harm incident to debrief and reflect on the response is important to help improve future approaches.