Substance Misuse Awareness 19/04/2021
Description
Information based sessions aimed at those with no or little knowledge about drugs and alcohol.
The zoom link to join the course is provided below
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86004517458?pwd=dEYyY1ZLY1FyeTdWSHZuK3krM3djQT09
Meeting ID: 860 0451 7458
Passcode: 195879
What Will I Learn?
- After completing this course participants will be;
- More aware of the prevalence of drug use in Northern Ireland
- Able to define what a drug is and the categories of drugs
- Able to name drugs most commonly used, their effects and methods of use
- Able to identify the legal classes of drugs and penalties
- More aware of the different levels of harm for the user / their family, associated with different patterns of drug /alcohol use
- Aware of the links between drug/alcohol use and other issues, e.g. mental health; homelessness; child protection; community safety; sexual health
- Have considered their own attitudes and values to drug use and drug users
- Aware of local drug and alcohol services and how to refer to them.
Topics for this course
1 Lessons3h
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About the instructor
261 Courses
3394 students
Free
Requirements
- This is a virtual course delivered over zoom and the link is provided in the ‘description’ section.
- You will be sent a reminder with joining instructions prior to the course.
- Once you have attended the course you will need to return to this page and select 'complete course' to fill in a short course evaluation form, which will release your certificate of completion.