Drug and Alcohol Awareness (Hertfordshire CC)
Learning Outcomes
- Recognise the most commonly used legal and illegal substances, including New Psychoactive Substances formerly known as legal highs
- Understand the law as it relates to substance use
- Understand the nature and patterns of drug use
- Understand the main harms of alcohol and drug misuse
- Understand the reasons why people may use drugs or alcohol problematically
- Understand the main treatment modalities
- Understand the nature of local services
Timetable
09:30 – Arrival and Welcome
09:45 – Ice breaker – How many of these can you name?
10:45 – Classification and Patterns of Drug Use
11:15 –Comfort Break
11:30 – Drug Use or Misuse? Main Harms including Dual Diagnosis
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 –Why would people use drugs problematically, including alcohol?
14:30 – Addiction and Dependence – What’s in a word
15:00 – Comfort Break
15:15 –Treatment Modalities and local support services
16:00 – Evaluation and Close
