Overview of Drug Awareness Workshop: Where’s the Harm?
This all-new online Drug Awareness Workshop explores the current misuse amongst young people for substances outside of the traditional cannabis, alcohol and cocaine.
- Vaping
- Nitrous Oxide (gas, NOS - the silver bullet shaped canisters)
- Lean aka Purple Dank, Dirty Sprite etc (mixing liquid codeine based cough syrups etc with fizzy pop and/or alcohol)
Sometimes overlooked as a ‘fashion’ their popularity, (not just amongst teenagers), can mean that the risks are misunderstood or missed. However, research shows that these drugs can have serious consequences in terms of the potential impact on physical, emotional and social health.
Available as a half day face-to-face workshop, or a 3 hour webinar workshop.
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Aims of Drug Awareness Workshop: Where’s the Harm?
- What each substance is and its effects.
- Why it has become so popular and links to the media and youth culture.
- How children and young people are getting hold of it and what to look out for.
- The legal status and potential consequences
- Associated health risks and then what to do: a) in the event of an overdose, b) risks of habitual use / addiction, c) reporting safeguarding concerns.
