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DRUGS AND ALCHOL: HARM REDUCTION INFORMATION & ADVICE

This section of our website contains the same content you will find in our printed drug and alcohol resources.

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Alcohol Aware: alcohol harm-reduction information

Alcohol poisoning: learn to spot the signs of alcohol overdose

When does drinking become an emergency? What’s the journey from a few drinks to a hospital casualty department?

BENZODIAZEPINES: Harm reduction information and advice

This resource will help people who use prescribed and illicit benzodiazepines better understand how to manage the risks associated with their use.

Binge drinking: a night on the town

Practical harm reduction information and advice about reducing the problems caused by harmful drinking habits.

Cannabis

Cannabis harm reduction and awareness information for people who use cannabis or are starting to experiment.

Cannabis aware

Cannabis awareness and advice for young people, including the physical and mental health impact of cannabis use.

Cannabis FAQs

Cannabis information and advice in an FAQs format

Clubbing & Drugs: the essential Clubber’s guide to drugs & staying safe

Health-related information and advice for people who use alcohol and drugs in a nightclub environment.

Cocaethylene: cocaine and alcohol

Cocaethylene awareness and harm reduction advice for anyone who uses alcohol and cocaine together.

Cocaine aware

Harm reduction information on the effects and risks of using cocaine, including dependency, mixing drugs, and mental and physical health.

Cocaine: a few lines

Brief information for anyone who uses or needs to know more about cocaine. Includes information on the law; physical and mental health; staying safe, and controlling use.

Drink less alcohol: six steps to changing your drinking habits

Drink Spiking: protecting you and your friends

Prevent drink spiking. Recognise the spiking signs, and learn effective response strategies to protect yourself and your friends.

Drug Driving - Keep straight ahead!

DRUGS: staying safe

ECSTASY FAQs

Festival Highs: Reducing the risks of using drugs at festivals

Learn essential information about drug-testing, mixing drugs & alcohol, taking too many drugs, overdose, synthetic opiods and looking after each other.

Harm reduction information | drugs & alcohol | Substance

Heads Up! Some street drugs have been contaminated with the synthetic opioids Fentanyl and nitazenes

Hi - Five

Ketamine Aware

Ketamine bladder: spot the signs

KETAMINE FAQ

Ketamine guide for drug workers

MDPV

Mephedrone (4mmc) information and harm-reduction advice

MEXXY

MSJ/DIAZEPAM GUIDE

Nitrous oxide awareness information and advice

NRG1

Shisha and hookah

Skunk harm reduction information and advice

Smart drugs harm reduction information

Snorting & swallowing drugs

SPEED: amphetamine harm reduction resource

Spice: synthetic\fake cannabis harm reduction information

STREET BENZOS-VALIUM: MSJs, blues, vallies, benzos, scoobies. Harm reduction information

WOMEN AND ALCOHOL: health information and advice

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Substance misuse resources

A range of harm reduction and drug & alcohol awareness booklets, leaflets and posters

Alcohol

Cannabis

line of cocaine being chopped up with a credit card

Cocaine

ecstasy tablets

Ecstasy

Bag of mephedrone

Mephedrone

different types of drugs - ecstasy, cannabis, alcohol, solvents, cocaine

Drug mix

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Ketamine

NPS chemical symbol

New drugs

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