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A parent's guide to drugs
Health Promotion Unit, 2003 (64k)
Drugs and drug use strikes at the very heart of parents’
deepest concerns. Talking with your children about drugs and drug use can be quite a challenge. Many parents feel they don’t know enough about the subject or they may think that young people will not listen to them. click to download |
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Cannabis
Health Promotion Unit, 2002 (32k)
The drug Cannabis comes from cannabis sativa, a bushy plant grown in many parts of the world. It can take three forms; Cannabis Herb consists of the leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant. It is also known as Marijuana, Grass, Dope, Pot and Weed. click to download |
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Drugs. There are answers
Health Promotion Unit, 2003 (192k)
Drug use is a complex issue that affects everybody in
Ireland today. A recent Health Research Board survey showed that three out of every four Irish people don’t have enough information, or have the wrong information, about drugs. click to download |
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Ecstasy
Southern Health Board, (32k)
Ecstasy may be classed, in drugs terms, as a hallucinogenic
amphetamine, usually available in a variety of home-made capsules or tablets which are taken by mouth. click to download |
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Facts about drug misuse in Ireland
Health Promotion Unit, 2003 (776k)
The aim, as always, had been to provide the nontechnical
reader with jargon-free (well almost!) background information on legal, medical, social and historical facts about drugs used for nonmedical purposes in Ireland. click to download |
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Acid
Health Promotion Unit, 2002 (24k)
Acid is an hallucinogenic drug which comes either in pill form or impregnated on a piece of blotting paper. It is sometimes known as trips, tabs, or by the designs that appear on the pills or paper, for example strawberries. It originally became popular during the sixties, and is now sometimes used within the rave scene. click to download |
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Alcohol
Health Promotion Unit, 2002 (24k)
One of the most commonly used drugs of them all, alcohol comes in many different forms like wine, beer and spirits. Addicts sometimes turn to extreme forms like chemical alcohol or meths. Alcohol is a depressant. click to download |
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Amphetamins
Health Promotion Unit, 2002 (16k)
Otherwise known as speed or poor man’s cocaine, this generally comes in powder form and is snorted up the nose. It can also come in pill form or be injected. click to download |
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Amyl Nitrine
Health Promotion Unit, 2002 (24k)
This comes in liquid form in small bottles and the vapour from the bottle is inhaled through the nose. click to download |
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Cocaine
Health Promotion Unit, 2002 (24k)
This drug comes in powder form and is snorted up the nose with a straw or a rolled up piece of paper. Occasionally, it is smoked with tobacco or rubbed on the gums. It is often diluted with
some other substance such as baking powder. It may also be injected. click to download |
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Heroin
Health Promotion Unit, 2002 (16k)
One of a number of opiates derive from the poppy plant, heroin comes most commonly in the form of a white powder which is either injected or smoked. It is also known as horse. click to download |
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Magic Mushroom
Health Promotion Unit, 2002 (16k)
These are hallucinogenic mushrooms that grow in the wild. Users dry them and either eat them or make them into tea. click to download |
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Solvents
Health Promotion Unit, 2002 (16k)
Solvents are substances which are inhaled including glue, nail polish and remover, lighter fuel, petrol, aerosols, cleaning agents and correction fluids. click to download |
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Tranquillisers
Southern Health Board, (24k)
There are literally thousands of different prescription tranquillisers on the market and they generally come in tablet or capsule form. click to download |
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Understanding Drugs - A guide for parents
Health Promotion Unit, 2002 (48k)
Drug abuse can occur in any family. The prospect of a son of daughter becoming involved in drug abuse is frightening. It is important for parents to be informed about drugs and to be vigilant, without being over-anxious. click to download |
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Cocaine - The Facts
www.drugs.ie, 2008 (188K)
Cocaine is made from the leaves
of the coca plant, which grows mainly
in South America. In Ireland it comes
in two forms – cocaine powder and
crack cocaine.
Cocaine powder is usually used
by snorting through the nose.
It is sometimes injected and has
also been eaten.
Crack cocaine, also called ‘rock’,
‘stone’ or ‘free-base’, is a more
addictive form of cocaine and
is usually smoked. click to download |
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The party's over (black)
www.drugs.ie, 2008 (56K)
Fact: Cocaine use destroys male sexual
performance and can cause impotence.
It ruins relationships and causes family
breakdown. It breeds lies, deceit and
dishonesty, wrecks careers and can put
you in serious financial debt. click to download |
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The party's over (red)
www.drugs.ie, 2008 (56K)
Fact: Cocaine is a social poison. It ruins
friendships, families and communities.
By using cocaine you become an active
part of a cycle of intimidation, violence
and serious criminal behaviour that
affects innocent people. click to download |
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Know the facts about drugs
www.drugs.ie, 2008 (1.4MB)
Research shows that frequently
people don’t have enough information,
or have the wrong information,
about drugs.
Knowing the facts makes it easier
to talk about drugs in an open and
informed way. This booklet gives you:
• Facts about some common myths.
• Details of where to get more information,
support and help.
• Information on different types of illegal
drugs. click to download |
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