austin smith policy & practice officer
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Austin Smith Policy & Practice Officer. Greater Glasgow & Clyde Legal Highs Monitoring Group. Representatives from – Police Health Addiction Services Scottish Drugs Forum…. GGCLHMG Survey. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Austin SmithPolicy & Practice Officer
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Greater Glasgow & Clyde Legal Highs Monitoring Group
Representatives from –
Police
Health
Addiction Services
Scottish Drugs Forum…
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GGCLHMG Survey
June 2010 Link to web-based survey tool Surveymonkey sent to identified stakeholders across Health Board area
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Responses
• 124 responses
• %ge return ?
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Types of service …• Community-based / Addiction services / community addiction team x 35• Acute services / Accident and Emergency x 15• Police x 10• Housing and homelessness services x 11• Education & awareness service x 5• community rehabilitation x 5• Service users group x 3• Befriending Service alcohol • Residential drug / alcohol service x 2• out of hours service x 2• Criminal Justice Social Work• Employment / Employability service • Health Improvement• Local Councillor• Criminal Justice Social Work• Young People Services x 3• Children and Families Social Work Service x 2• Needle Exchange
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Are you aware of the use of current or former legal highs within your
geographical area?
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Age range of people using these substances
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Also using illegal substances?
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Which substances being used?
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Other substances?
NRG1 x 5meow meow x 2magic mushroomsBK - MBDB ButyloneGHB
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Sources of legal highs
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Is use problematic?
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Problems resulting from use…
• hospitalisation / attendance at A&E x 12• polydrug use (including legal and illegal
substances) x 7 • violence and injury (including self harm) x 5• hallucination x 3• mental health issues x 3• developing a craving for MCAT• use leads to risky behaviour
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Use with alcohol
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Use with other drugs
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Substances legal highs used with…
Cannabis x 7Cocaine x 6Heroin x 4Ecstasy x 4
Diazepam x 3Alcohol x 3
Amphetamine x 2Stimulants x 2Depressants
Hallucinogens
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other questions…
• Postcode• Contact legal highs service users for focus
group• Interested in keeping in touch on this issue• Like to know more• Contact details
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Issues in establishing a monitoring group
• Motivations & aims
• Identifying stakeholders
• Resources
• Co-ordination