Drug Education Parent Booklet

2 CONTENTS Introduction 3 Drug and alcohol use and the law 5 Why do young people use drugs and alcohol? 6 How parents can protect against drug and alcohol use and related harms 7 Starting the conversation when you are concerned about drug and alcohol use 8 Keeping your teenager safe at a party 10 How to help someone who has taken a drug 12 DRS-ABCD: Basic life support flow chart 15 Putting someone in the recovery position 16 Drugs A-Z Alcohol 17 Benzodiazepines 18 Cannabis 19 Cocaine 20 GHB 21 Hallucinogens 22 Heroin 23 Inhalants 24 Ketamine 25 MDMA/Ecstasy 26 Methamphetamine 27 New psychoactive substances 28 Synthetic cannabinoids 29 Performance and Image-enhancing drugs 30 Tobacco & e-cigarettes 31 Polydrug use 32 Notes 33 Glossary 36 More information and sources of help 37