Posts tagged Teenage Drug Use
Dealers targeting our kids
Dealers targeting our kids

John* was twelve years old when he first came onto our radar and of other services trying to help him and his family.  John had been arrested for stealing, possession of an illicit substance and drug paraphernalia, he was also addicted to ICE.........

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#notevenonce Project educates 3000+ Tassie Kids in 10 days to combat ICE & AOD use
#notevenonce Project educates 3000+ Tassie Kids in 10 days to combat ICE & AOD use

...Of particular interest to me was how the students reported that your sessions had impacted on their likely behaviour in the future – not even once seems to have struck a chord! ......

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Equip Kids to "Not Even Once" use ICE
Equip Kids to "Not Even Once" use ICE

The parents of current or former ice users all shared one common recommendation from their experiences – educate young people early about the effects of drug use to prevent them from making the choice to use drugs. This should occur in school and in the wider community. 

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Drug Addiction, Teenage Drug UseTanya CavanaghTeen Challenge Tasmania IncDrug Rehab, Drug Prevention, Drug Addiction, Teenage Drug Use, Teenage drug abuse, Enabling Drug Use, Parents of drug users, Teen Challenge Tasmania, Teen Marijuana Use, Rebelling Teenager, Rehabilitation, Launceston Drug Prevention, Not Even Once, Save a generation, ICE epidemic, ICE useComment
Is the ICE epidemic really as bad as they say?
Is the ICE epidemic really as bad as they say?

I have been struck by two things I have heard repeatedly in separate instances recently, that people are being told by agencies somewhere out there and I'm struggling to understand the rationale.

1. The ICE problem is nowhere near as bad as the media make it out to be...                                                    2. ICE is not as addictive as people think.....

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Drug Addiction, Teenage Drug Use, ICE USETanya CavanaghTeen Challenge Tasmania IncICE epidemic, ICE use, Teen Challenge Tasmania, Teenage drug abuse, Teenage Drug Use, Drug Rehab, Rehabilitation Comment