Young People
What information do you need to know, as a parent, about alcohol, smoking, and other drugs? This page from Raising Children is a great place to start.
Alcohol, smoking and other drug use: how to help teenagers
Speaking to your teen about drugs can feel scary. However, it doesn’t need to be one ‘big talk’. In fact, the sooner you start talking regularly with them about drugs, the more comfortable it will be for both of you. Learn more with this factsheet from Reach Out.
Do you know what's inside a vape? This illustrated factsheet from NSW Health talks about the ingredients inside a vape and the risks of vaping for young people.
Blurred Minds gives you the answer to some commonly asked questions around drugs, alcohol, talking with teens, social media, parties and keeping your family safe. See what the experts have to say about the latest research and get tips and perspectives from parents who are raising teenagers.
Vaping’s a hot topic right now. In fact, a lot’s being said about vaping and its effects - but there’s lots of conflicting and confusing information out there. This page from the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) contains helpful, up to date information about vaping and links to resources about talking about vaping with young people.
Smoking tobacco is harmful at any age, but young people can become addicted to nicotine very quickly. This page from the Australian Department of Health helps you:
- Find out about the risks to your health and read our tips for saying ‘no’ to smokes.
- Find out what you can do as a parent or teacher to support teenagers and young people.
Positive Choices is an online portal to help Australian schools and communities access accurate, up-to-date evidence based alcohol and other drug education resources.
Cooper helps Jack make a plan is the latest addition to a series of books published by CfC, providing supportive information for schools, families and community members to explore real life issues and facilitate constructive conversations. This critical new educational resource for primary aged children has been developed by the Brighton Local Drug Action Team.
More information about this resource can be found here: https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/tasmaniac4c/publications/
Smoke Free Generation - be a part of it! is a collaboration of service providers who want to protect young Tasmanians from the harmful effects of tobacco use.
This website includes details on the range of options that young Tasmanians can use or access to become smoke free.It also includes information and resources to ensure adults, particularly teachers and youth workers, are aware of their role in ensuring a smoke free generation.
This includes preventing or delaying smoking uptake, encouraging and assisting young smokers to reduce or quit smoking and to create and support smoke free and healthy environments.
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.
What if someone using alcohol/drugs becomes violent or aggressive?
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.
Let’s yarn about helping a friend or family member who has a drug problem
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.
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