Drugs and Their Effects
If you stop smoking while pregnant, it will help give your baby the best start in life and will make you healthier.
This factsheet from Pregnancy Birth Baby talks about the effects and risks of smoking on fertility and during pregnancy, and provides some first steps if you are thinking about quitting.
This video is a reading of a booklet from NOFAS-UK specially designed to promote wellbeing for children and young adults with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
This page answers some questions which NOFASD Austrtalia frequently get asked about FAS & FASD via their NOFASD Australia support service, including:
How can FASD be prevented?
Doesn't FASD only affect babies? Won't my child grow out of it?
And many more.
Oxycodone hydrochloride is part of a group of drugs known as opioids. What is this drug used for and how does it work? Find out more with this factsheet from the Australian Drug Foundation.
DMT (Dimethyltryptamine) is a very strong psychedelic found in a number of animals and plants. What should you know about this drug? This comprehensive factsheet from the Australian Drug Foundation provides excellent information about this drug.
What is fentanyl, what does it do, and what are the risks? This comprehensive factsheet from the Australian Drug foundation answers these questions and more
What is cocaine, how is it used, and what does it do? Find the answers to these questions and more with this comprehensive factsheet from the Australian Drug Foundation.
Polydrug use is the use of multiple drugs at once, or mixing drugs. What do you need to know as a parent or guardian to keep your young person safe and healthy? This factsheet from Positive Choices answers this question for you.
Methadone is taken as a replacement for heroin and other opioids as part of treatment for dependence on these drugs. So how does methadone work and what do you need to know? This comprehensive factsheet from the Australian Drug Foundation answers these questions and more.
Buprenorphine is an opioid medicine that is available on prescription from your doctor. But what is it used for, and what are its effects? This factsheet from HealthDirect provides answers.
Buprenorphine (pronounced 'bew-pre-nor-feen') is a prescription drug. It is taken as a replacement in the treatment of heroin and methadone dependence.
What do you need to know about this medication? This comprehensive factsheet from the Australian Drug Foundation answers your questions.
What is Ketamine? How does it work, and what do you need to know as a parent or guardian to keep your young person safe? This factsheet from Positive Choices answers all your questions.
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