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Sometimes when people are drunk or use drugs they can become violent and aggressive. This can be scary, but this factsheet looks at some ways you can try to calm them down and protect yourself.

Are you concerned that your friend might be using drugs? Has your cousin or another family member been behaving differently lately? If you think someone might be using drugs, it can be hard to know what to do.

This 3-part series gives you tips for supporting them and talking to them.

It’s important to understand the realities of who actually uses drugs and alcohol. This factsheet from Positive Choices is going to look at what sort of myths and rumours you might have heard about alcohol and drugs, and tell you the real facts.

This page from NoFASD Australia details helplines, support groups, and other support options for caregivers and families around FASD.

FASD Hub's mission is to be the leading source of high quality, evidence-based content about alcohol and pregnancy and FASD in Australia. FASD Hub is a repository of all Australian FASD information.

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.

Learn how to put someone in the recovery position. Use this if someone is unconscious but breathing. This information is essential in case you come across someone you believe has overdosed.