Young People

Drugs & Alcohol

A Drugs Culture

People don't take drugs just because they are depressed or having problems, they most often start off doing it - just for a laugh!!

- They enjoy the feeling of being 'off it'
- All their friends take them or have tried them
- They are curious about the effects
- People are always offering them to you
- You're board with the same old routines at evenings and weekends

If you're lucky you wont get hooked and you will suffer no long-term damage to your health.

If you are unlucky the effects can be devastating.

Taking illegal drugs is not part of normal life, and most people stop taking them because of long term physical and mental health problems that prolonged use can cause.

If you want to find out more information on all the various drugs available 'on the street' and the damage they can have on your life click below

www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk/drugs/drugmenu.htm

A Drinking Culture

No matter how far back you go in history drinking is associated with 'spare time'. Yes, drinking in moderation can be sociable and fun. Across Britain it is the norm to go out and get drunk, it's a laugh……………. Isn't it?

Around half of all adults admitted to hospital with head injuries are drunk. This is fast becoming a growing trend with young people 7% of accidental drowning and 40% of household fires are drink related.

Around half of all pedestrians aged 16 - 60 killed in road accidents are over the legal drink drive limit.

Drink slows reaction, co-ordination, and judgement times, excessive drinking messes up your life. It's highly addictive, it can break up families, affect your job/education.

Most people who drink don't have a problem and done in moderation it can be an effective way of winding down at the end of the day (providing you're over 18). but excessive drinking ruins lives...

And not just your own.

For more information on Alcohol and it's effects click below

www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk/alcohol/alcmenu.html