“It is not us without us”. There is a common saying in Africa that you don’t shave a man’s hair in his absence. The same way, you cannot successfully provide solutions to the problems of substance abuse without the involvement of the young once who are the major focus of interventions. Here, we galvanize the ideas of our young once, develop their capacity to be advocate for effective drug control, raise peer educators, project their views and make their voices heard. We do this through the principle of “EDI” (E-Engage, D-Develop and I-Inspire). While youths lead, adult guides.