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Schools in the Furness area are seeing an increase in the number of young people being found in possession of vapes on school premises, some of which have been found to be non-compliant with regulations or containing other drugs such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

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Non-compliant vapes have flooded the UK market and CTSI is very concerned about the volume of non-compliant vapes that are currently in circulation.

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Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health.

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Public Health England has expressed concern that increasing numbers of young people are using ketamine as Guardian analysis of government data shows the number of police seizures of the drug increased by 30% last year.

According to Home Office figures, while the overall number of drug seizures by police fell by 2% in 2017-18, officers carried out 653 confiscations of ketamine in 2017-18, up from 504 the year before.

This represents the third year-on-year increase after seizures of ketamine fell dramatically in 2013-14, around the time that supplies of the drug dried up following a crackdown on its production in India and it was reclassified as a class B substance in the UK.

Ketamine, which is often used as a tranquilliser in veterinary medicine, produces a trance-like state in users, which can range from a relaxed feeling to one of paralysis. It is on the World Health Organization's list of essential medicines due to its pain-relieving properties. Negative effects of too much use include bladder damage and depression.

According to the latest government crime survey for England and Wales, the proportion of adults aged 16 to 59 who had used ketamine in the past year rose in 2017-18, from 0.4% to 0.8%, equating to 141,000 more people using the drug than in the previous year.

This was driven by an increase in the proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds using the drug, from 1.2% to 3.1%, the highest figure since records of ketamine use began in 2006-07.

In December 2013, the Home Office reclassified ketamine from a class C to a class B drug "in light of the evidence of chronic harms associated with ketamine use, including chronic bladder and other urinary tract damage".

Rosanna O'Connor, the director of alcohol, drugs and tobacco at Public Health England, said: "PHE are concerned by recent signs that ketamine use is increasing, especially among younger drug users.

"Ketamine is addictive and is associated with a variety of serious health risks that not everyone who uses the drug may be aware of, such as ketamine bladder. We are advising clinicians who work with drug users to look out for urological symptoms which may be caused by their ketamine use."

Robert Ralphs, a senior lecturer in criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University, said ketamine had become firmly established as the third most popular drug among students after ecstasy and cocaine, partly because it is cheaper - a gram of ketamine costs about £30.

"There's been a huge change in attitudes to ketamine," said Ralphs. "When I was going out in the 90s you had stories about how ecstasy pills had ketamine in them rather than MDMA [also known as ecstasy] and lots of people stopped taking pills because they were worried about it."

One 23-year-old from London said he had first tried the drug in his teens and used to take it most weekends. "I grew up in the middle of nowhere, so there wasn't really much else to do," he said.

He now takes it every few months. "Whereas with other drugs it's about getting wired and seeing how long we can stay up and talk nonsense, with ketamine you can just sit down in someone's flat and watch TV," he said.

"I have seen people getting addicted to it. It can start to become not a weekly thing or a monthly thing, but something people do every day after work or school. People think it's a not a very addictive drug and so they do it in a very blase way and don't think about the negative effects."

A 30-year-old living in Manchester, who has taken ketamine occasionally for 13 years, said he had seen the quality of the ketamine supply in the UK fall. "About 10 years ago you never used to worry about it being good [...] but now you can be sold rubbish stuff that doesn't do anything."

He said he was not worried about the possible negative side-effects. "The small amounts I've done over the years don't give me great worry," he said. "I worry much more about how much alcohol I drink, because I do that five or six nights a week."

Harry Sumnall, a professor in substance use at the Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, said ketamine became a popular club drug in the late 1990s to the early to mid-2000s, but that there was a backlash against it around 2010 when its side-effects, such as bladder damage, were publicised. Sumnall said that, unlike previous times, the rise in popularity of ketamine did not seem to be attached to a particular music scene.

Martin Raithelhuber, an expert on illicit synthetic drug at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said most ketamine for recreational use was being produced in clandestine labs in Asian countries, particularly China. He said there was evidence that a recent Chinese government crackdown on ketamine production had pushed the trade into neighbouring countries.
Additional reporting by Brogan Maguire.

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Media reports last week linked the use of "nangs" to the death of a teenager at schoolies week on the Gold Coast. Hamish Bidgood died when he fell from a balcony. He and his friends had reportedly been using "nangs" that day.

Nangs is a slang term for nitrous oxide, an anaesthetic that has been used for more than 100 years. Most people probably know it as laughing gas.

In a medical setting, it is usually inhaled, mixed with oxygen, through a small mask that fits over your nose. It is generally used to help you relax during procedures that don't require a general anaesthetic, such as childbirth and minor dental surgery.

It has been used to help people withdraw from alcohol - with mixed results.

Nitrous oxide is also used as a propellant to make whipped cream, sold at supermarkets for around A$10 for a box of ten canisters, and in the automotive industry to improve engine performance.

It has been used recreationally since the late 1700s, when British aristocrats held "laughing gas parties". With the expansion of its use in medical settings in the late 1880s, and hence its availability, it became more popular as a recreational drug.

What are the effects?

Nitrous oxide provides a short-lived (20 second) high, in which people who use it feel euphoria and relaxation. They can also feel dizziness, have difficulty thinking straight, and fall into fits of laughter.

In higher doses, some people report a sense of floating and dissociation of the mind from the body, which is why in medical circles it is referred to as a dissociative anaesthetic.

How dangerous is it?

If a person has small infrequent doses, there is a low risk of significant problems with this drug.

It is very rare to overdose from recreational use of nitrous oxide, but it can affect coordination and judgement. Overdose deaths have been reported in the United Kingdom and United States but we are not aware of any in Australia.

Given the effects on coordination and dizziness, it shouldn't be used in risky situations and it's advisable to have a person present who isn't using.

In very large doses, without the addition of oxygen, it can cause loss of blood pressure, fainting and even death by hypoxia (oxygen deficiency).

Chronic, regular heavy use is very rare, but can lead to a vitamin B12 deficiency. B12 is essential for good brain functioning and if left untreated can lead to irreversible neurological problems.

How widespread is its use?

Given its easy availability as whipped cream bulbs, the drug seems to be growing in popularity among young people.

Recent media stories have reported a "nang epidemic". One newspaper claimed schoolies have been spending thousands of dollars on nitrous oxide. But the story seems to be based on a single Facebook post in which one alleged school leaver said they had spent "A$49,000 on nangs", which equates to about 49,000 bulbs. It's likely he was embellishing for his Facebook audience.

We don't know for sure how many young people use this drug, or how often. Our best data source for population drug trends in Australia, the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, doesn't specifically ask about nitrous oxide use.

Respondents to the Global Drug Survey put nangs as the seventh most popular drug worldwide, excluding caffeine, alcohol and tobacco.

Should we ban this drug?

Concern about the behaviour of youth is not new, and moral panic about drugs, in particular, is often part of this perennial worry about young people.

It is well documented that the media can influence perceptions and interest in drug use, and poor media reporting can work as an advertisement for drugs, piquing curiosity and normalising use.

The concern is that media-driven panic about drugs can create a perception that more people are using the drug than they actually are, and when teens think "everyone" is doing it, they are more likely to want to do it too.

Research has shown that interest in a drug peaks after widespread media coverage and that restricting the availability can lead to increased use.

Prohibiting drugs does not prevent people using them, and more harmful unregulated products can emerge. Alcohol Prohibition in the 1920s, for example, merely led to demand for illicit supply that had high alcohol content and contained impurities that caused blindness, paralysis and death.

So banning nangs could cause more harm than it prevents. And it could lead to some very disgruntled whipped cream fans as well.

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The UK government is moving to ban the sale of nitrous oxide to clubbers and partygoers because of its dangers, but some users are protesting that the move is unfair. Exactly how dangerous is the gas?

Empty silver canisters of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, have become a common sight outside clubs across the UK. Last July, more than 1,200 were reported to have been confiscated on just one Saturday night in London's Shoreditch.

The anaesthetic gas is still used for pain relief during dentistry and childbirth but outside of that legitimate arena there has been a legal grey area for years. It's already illegal to sell to under-18s if there is a risk they will inhale it. But it remains easy for adults to buy.

Mainstream online vendors advertise the product, although usually indicating that it is to be used for the production of whipped cream. The product reviews usually suggest otherwise. One reads: "Quality product, I ordered on a Friday and chargers were meant to come on Tuesday but arrived on the next day, good laugh with mates at a festival... er, I mean in the kitchen whipping cream."

"Young people who take these substances are taking exceptional risks with their health and those who profit from their sale have a complete disregard for the potential consequences," said crime and policing minister Mike Penning.

But some argue that the ban is unfair. On Saturday, protesters from the Psychedelic Society pressure group will inhale laughing gas outside Parliament.

"It's not the business of government to tell people what they can and can't use," says director Stephen Reid. "Nitrous oxide has been used for literally hundreds of years in this country without any problems."

It was discovered in 1772 by British scientist Joseph Priestley and within 30 years the chemist Humphry Davy was using it recreationally.

Davy began inviting his friends round to inhale the gas from oiled silk bags and in doing so started a craze. "The nitrous oxyd [sic], or laughing gas was inhaled by a gentleman who after laughing sprung up in the air to the astonishing height of six feet from the ground," wrote a correspondent in the Times in 1819, describing a popular stage show.

"You kind of feel that you're in a trance," says Reid. "Some people get a sensation that they're falling or being lifted up into the sky perhaps. When you start coming out of this trance-like state you often get these giggles."

Recreational use of nitrous oxide has not always been common. The controversial 1995 movie Kids shows one of the characters using it, but the popularity of the gas has increased dramatically in the past five years, says Stephen Ream, a director of drug charity Re-Solv.

Laughing gas and the philosopher

"[The 19th Century US philosopher] William James describes a man who got the experience from laughing-gas; whenever he was under its influence, he knew the secret of the universe, but when he came to, he had forgotten it. At last, with immense effort, he wrote down the secret before the vision had faded. When completely recovered, he rushed to see what he had written. It was: A smell of petroleum prevails throughout."

From A History of Western Philosophy, Bertrand Russell (1945)

In 2007, a 23-year-old man was found dead at his home in Birmingham next to a large cylinder of nitrous oxide. A plastic bag was also found nearby, it was reported. The pathologist concluded that he had died from asphyxia due to inhaling the gas.

Others have also taken severe risks by using medical tanks and masks. But the majority of people who consume the gas, according to research, do so using balloons.

As well as the danger of asphyxiation, when the gas comes out of a canister it can be so cold it can burn. A cold shock at the back of the throat can affect the vagus nerve, causing the heart rate to suddenly slow.

Researchers say that the number of people who die from inhaling nitrous oxide is actually low when compared with the number of people taking the drug every year.

"There's been something like 40-odd deaths in the last 40 years. They're really rare," says Dr Adam Winstock, consultant psychiatrist and founder of the Global Drug Survey.

The number of laughing gas deaths is fewer than those killed each year by helium, says David Nutt, professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College, London and former UK government drugs adviser. He argues that laughing gas is actually "exceptionally safe" considering the numbers who use it.

"I mean you can kill yourself obviously. If you breathe nothing but nitrous for 10 minutes you will die, but I don't think there's any evidence that nitrous kills people if you use it recreationally."

But to some critics, the dangers are clear. Breathing in high concentrations of laughing gas can quickly reduce the blood's level of oxygen.

On a night out, in an uncontrolled environment, there is a risk that people can start feeling sleepy as they inhale the gas and pass out, says Dr Anna-Maria Rollin from the Royal College of Anaesthetists. "The risk of brain damage just isn't worth it as far as I can tell."

In March, doctors from the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton warned against using laughing gas after a teenager arrived in their emergency unit with breathing difficulties. She had inhaled a considerable quantity at a festival and air had leaked into the space between her lung and chest wall which can cause the lung to collapse.

Heavy use can also deplete the body's stores of vitamin B12, causing anaemia and nerve damage. The Global Drugs Survey found that about 4% of users had symptoms such as numbness, tingling and shooting pains in the limbs.

People often use nitrous oxide in conjunction with cannabis or alcohol, explains Shirley Cramer, chief executive of the Royal Society for Public Health. That too is a concern, she says, as it increases the risks involved.

Nitrous oxide

Effects: Feelings of euphoria, relaxation and calmness, dizziness, difficulty in thinking straight and fits of giggles/laughter, sound distortions or even hallucinations

Risks: If gas is consumed in an enclosed space or if a plastic bag is used, it may cause lack of oxygen; heavy regular use can lead to severe vitamin B12 deficiency and anaemia; it may also depress formation of white blood cells

If someone collapses after using nitrous oxide, call an ambulance immediately, turn them on to their side to avoid choking and stay with them until the ambulance arrives

But in general, most users are not consuming laughing gas heavily and at that level it is "a remarkably safe drug", says Winstock, "unless you are drunk or high on other drugs and you happen to do it in the middle of the road and you fall over".

"But it's important to say that it is not harmless," says Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, consultant psychiatrist and founder of the Club Drug clinic. "Some of those risks are to do with the way it's taken and some of it, as with most drugs, is with how frequently you use it."

Perhaps the greatest danger is that more young people end up inhaling gases that they think are nitrous oxide but are in fact a dangerous substitute.

"What we worry about is that people start to think that inhaling gas for a laugh is an OK thing to do," says Ream. It's certainly not right or normal to inhale a gas for intoxication, he says.

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Professor Sir Chris Whitty writes for The Times that marketing vapes to children is unacceptable - they should only have a role in helping smokers quit.

This article was originally published in The Times.

The key points about vaping (e-cigarettes) can be easily summarised. If you smoke, vaping is much safer; if you don't smoke, don't vape; marketing vapes to children is utterly unacceptable.

Cigarettes are the biggest cause of entirely preventable illness and death in the UK. Smoking substantially increases the risk of heart disease, strokes, many cancers, dementia and lung disease among others. It harms those around the smoker, including children and unborn babies.

The cigarette industry model has always been to addict people to nicotine as early as legally possible, in the great majority of cases as teenagers. Once addicted, most smokers subsequently want to quit but this is very difficult. The deliberate industry-induced addiction has taken their choice away, despite claims by some industry lobbyists to be 'pro choice'. To be pro nicotine addiction is to be anti-choice.

Helping smokers to quit is one of the best things we can do for their health. Using vapes (e-cigarettes) is a quitting tool many addicted smokers find effective, and given the multiple and immense health risks of smoking it is much safer to vape than to smoke. Swapping from smoking to vaping is therefore a positive health move.

Vaping is however not risk-free. We do not know the long-term effects of many vape ingredients and companies deliberately inducing nicotine addiction in others to maximise profits is not in the interests of the person being addicted. Non-smokers should therefore be encouraged not to start vaping, and in particular not to use vapes containing ingredients such as nicotine, the main aim of which is to addict them.

When it comes to children, we should be even more explicit. Companies trying to addict children for profit are behaving in a shameful way. Yet it is undoubtedly happening. In England, the proportion of 11 to 15 year olds using vapes increased from 6% to 9% from 2018 to 2021 and is still rising. Companies are marketing products targeted specifically at children using colours, flavours and cheap disposable options, whatever they may claim.

Unsafe, illegal vapes have also been pushed in our communities, with recent reports showing they can contain dangerous chemicals like lead and nickel. High levels of inhaled lead damages children's central nervous system and brain development. Some products contain nicotine when claiming they do not, or contain harmful cannabis THC chemicals.

Announcements to reduce the marketing of vaping products to under 18s are a very welcome step in ending the harm that some parts of the vaping industry has created in children. The government has launched a call for evidence on further opportunities to prevent children vaping and I encourage people with evidence to submit it.

We should continue to encourage smokers to swap to vaping as the lesser risk, while preventing marketing and sale of vapes to children.

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The average age of a first whole drink in the UK is between the ages of 13 and 14, so it's important to talk at an early age and for your child to have an understanding of units, how alcohol affects the body and liver, why young bodies can't cope with alcohol and the risks they run by experimenting. This is why the UK Chief Medical Officers recommend that children under 15 should not drink alcohol, as their brains and livers are not fully developed and are more liable to damage than adults.

At age 11, children see it as unacceptable to get drunk and more than 99% don't drink regularly, but age 13 is what we call 'the tipping point'. Growing up is an awkward time, reaching puberty, their social lives changing, relationships and peer pressure growing - and probably being less open with you. Try not to force the subject, wait until the subject comes up via the TV, the media or similar. Put a conversation about drinking in context with other 'life skills', such as staying safe, talking about drugs and what sex is all about.

You might think your 'baby' is too young for all this, but unfortunately in this savvy world they'll be more informed than you think! Often, a good approach is to talk about a risky situation involving alcohol featured in a soap, movie or in the news. Car journeys work well as your kids can't walk off, they don't have to make eye contact and it is a neutral zone. Try to use open ended questions such as 'Tell me about' or 'What did you think about..?'

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The right message for the right age - Alcohol Education Trust

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The average age of a first whole drink in the UK is between the ages of 13 and 14, so it's important to talk at an early age and for your child to have an understanding of units, how alcohol affects the body and liver, why young bodies can't cope with alcohol and the risks they run by experimenting.

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To order hard copies contact jayne@communityalcoholpartnerships.co.uk

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Watch a Webinar on how the course is delivered.

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Alcohol Education to Empower a Generation

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Developed by Furness Youth Work Partnership

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Developed by Furness Youth Work Partnership

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The Well Communities CIC - Substance Misuse and Emotional Resilience Workshops - Countywide Cumbria

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The Well Communities CIC - Substance Misuse and Emotional Resilience Workshops - Countywide Cumbria

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Substance Misuse & Emotional Resilience Training delivery countywide Cumbria.

Bespoke training delivered pre and post pandemic last week to over 400 young people since 2019.

Delivered countywide Cumbria by fully trained and experience senior staff the training aims to inform delegates to the risks of problematic substance use, refusal techniques, emotional resilience and the importance of informed choices and decisions.

Training delivery is underpinned by " Lived Experience " testimony by members of TWC client group who show visible evidence of the harms caused by adolescent substance misuse

Upstream Education is an important preventative intervention and The Well Communities CIC are proud to support this approach.

For further information or to discuss subsidised costings for your training needs please call The Well Communities Business Development Manager Ged Pickersgill on 07922 222670 or email ged@thewell2.co.uk

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Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England, 2021

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Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England, 2021

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Statistical information here that may be useful for supporting funding applications / evidencing need for a project.

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Correction to sources of information on drug use data (part 10)

Following the initial publication it was discovered that around half of pupil responses to the question on 'Sources of helpful information about drug use' had been excluded from the results. This was corrected and the affected tables and commentary have been re-issued.

In Part 10: Young people and drugs: the context, the affected outputs were tables 10.19, 10.20 and 10.21, and the associated chart and commentary in the section on 'Sources of helpful information about drug use'. Though some of the quoted figures changed by 0-3 percentage points, there was no effect to the order of contribution of the most common sources.

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Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England, 2021 - NDRS

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Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people / school children

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Resources available free of charge now from AET!

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Resources available free of charge now from AET!

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Resources available free of charge now from AET!

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A reminder about our range of evidence-based resources available now to download or as hard copies free of charge. To order your resources, please email kate@alcoholeducationtrust.org . We are now taking orders for delivery this term or in preparation for the new school year.

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Education resources on alcohol and drink spiking.

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https://online.smashedproject.org/uk/
Free online course for young people on dangers of alcohol.

Short trailer on the programme  https://youtu.be/mL2-QVMCPfM

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Alcohol Education to Empower a Generation

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Short videos of young people talking about their experience of consuming alcohol.

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Includes case studies from a range of CAPs across the country.

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Our new report: An alcohol-free childhood - Action to ensure parents keep their children free from alcohol harm draws on extensive research that shows parents are largely unaware of guidance from the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) that the healthiest and safest option is for children to remain alcohol free up to the age of 18.
We believe the Government and others should actively promote the CMO guidance and do more to ensure that parents are made aware of this advice and actively involved in alcohol education for children and young people.

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Speakers discussed reducing alcohol related harm to young adults, looking at issues from drink spiking to supporting the student population. Click the link below.

CAP webinar 2022: The 18-25 approach - YouTube

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https://cadas.co.uk/young-people/

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An article that you may find useful to share with parents of under 18s.

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Guest blog: A parent’s guide to preventing underage drinking

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Kate Winstanley talks about the risks of underage drinking and how parents can help prevent it.

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https://alcoholeducationtrust.org
Free training available on Alcohol Education Trust materials.
To arrange free AET training for yourselves or colleagues.
Contact :

kathryn@alcoholeducationtrust.org