Drugs awareness

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Drugs incude: acid, lsd alcohol amyl, poppers benzos cocaine cannabis/dope crystal meth DMT ecstasy, e 4MTA GHB heroin, smack Kava (Yagona) ketamine methadone mushrooms PMA rohypnol solvents speed, whizz temazepam 2CB yaba

Okay get ready for the mytrhs and Facts young people:

Myth: It’s all because of peer pressure, they’re forced into it by their friends.
Fact: Young people may use drugs because their friends are using them. This does not necessarily mean that they have been forced, pressure can be in the form of many guises, such as curiosity or wanting to be like others.

Myth: If the police got rid of all the dealers hanging around the school gates, then we wouldn’t have a problem.

Fact: Many young people are introduced to, or sold, drugs through friends and acquaintances.

Myth: They talk about drugs at school, so I don’t need to bother.

Fact: Government guidelines suggest that school drugs education is most effective when it is reinforced by parents at home. Talking about drugs from an early age may encourage your children to approach you if a problem arises.

Myth: My kids won’t use drugs, they’re happy.

Fact: Taking drugs is a choice which both happy and unhappy young people may make. Drug use is not necessarily linked to unhappiness.

Myth: Once you start taking drugs, there’s no getting out of it.

Fact: There are different types of drug use. Some people use drugs occasionally and do not experience major problems. Not all drugs are physically addictive.

Myth: If I use scare stories about drugs to frighten my child they won’t use them.

Fact: Using this approach is unlikely to make much impact, particularly if your child is already using drugs or knows people who are. The reality of what they experience will make what you’re saying seem exaggerated and over-the-top.

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Drug misuse within our communities has widespread degenerative effects and is a major cause of criminality, problematic health, premature deaths, lost opportunities and disruption to the normalities of community life.

Each of the 10 Boroughs within Greater Manchester has a Drugs Action Team that is made up of representatives from different agencies and organisations such as the council, the police, the health authority, the education department, the Probation Service and local prisons. Together they are responsible for tackling drug problems in their areas and working within the Governments National Drug Strategy, ‘Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain’.

The drugs and alcohol field has grown substantially in recent years with more than 30,000 people working in specialist drug or alcohol related roles in the UK. And as the field has grown, so have the opportunities for career development within the sector.

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