Friday 10th MayCoffee Morning

Drug and Alcohol Education

Drug and Alcohol Education at DTA

We have a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to drugs and alcohol which is detailed in our policies, which you can find on our website.Pupils are given this message through • Assemblies• PSHE and Citizenship lessons• our safeguarding office• outside agencies that deliver group workshops and one-to-one mentoring.

How can you help keep your child safe?

Alcohol: booze, drink, bevvy

• Comes in bottles or cans• Illegal to sell to under 18s• Police will confiscate if under 18

found in possession• Slurred speech, unstable walking,

vomiting• Feeling tired and having

headaches afterwards

Cannabis: weed, hash, green, skunk, pot, herb

• Has a distinctive smell• Usually smoked with

tobacco• Class B, can be prosecuted

for possession and supply• Can make people have red,

blurry eyes, looking tired

Nitrous Oxide: Balloons, noz, whippets, laughing gas, hippie crack

• Balloons filled with nitrous oxide from canisters

• Discarded empty canisters• Covered by the 2016

Psychoactive Substances Act, which means it’s illegal

to give away or sell.• Giggly behaviour

Poppers: TNT, liquid gold

• Small bottles of foul smelling liquid

• Inhaled by sniffing• Can be bought in some

newsagents and corner shops • Swallowing can be fatal• Gives a temporary head rush/

head ache

Ecstasy: MDMA, mandy, molly, pillsCould also be speed• Often have a logo

printed in to appeal to young people

• Class A- can be prosecuted for possession and supply

• Hyperactive behaviour, talking fast, over energetic, awake for a long time

Cocaine: Coke, crack, charlie

• Snorted through a rolled up note, card or straw

• Mixed with other substances• Class A- can be prosecuted for

possession and supply• Hyperactive behaviour, talking

fast, over energetic, awake for a long time

County Lines

County lines are organised groups of drug dealers that are targeting young people to deliver and/or store drugs and money.Pupils in Manchester are being targeted to ‘work’ for these groups. It is important to look out for• A change in your child’s friendship group• Changes in your child’s routine• Having money or expensive items that they cannot explain• A change in behaviour i.e. being very secretive, defensive

• Asking your child what they have learnt at school about drugs and alcohol

• Letting them know they can ask you questions

• Letting them know if they are worried or are in trouble you will help them

• Speaking openly and calmly rather than angrily and intimidating

• Letting them know you care about their health and the health of their friends

www.knowthescore.infowww.talktofrank.comwww.supportline.org.uk

www.knowthescore.info

www.talktofrank.com

www.supportline.org.uk