Transcript Legal Highs are substances made from

With
John Arthur- Director
Katy MacLeod- Training and Outreach
Coordinator
Crew
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Today we are looking at…
• Definition of legal highs
• How and where Crew gather information
from
• How we disseminate that information
• The challenges of gathering credible
information
• How we can work together to create a
national response
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• Definition ( but by no means definitive)
• “Legal Highs are substances made from
assorted herbs, herbal extracts and ‘research
chemicals’, which emulate the effects of some
illegal drugs such as Cannabis, LSD, Cocaine, or
others. These substances are not currently
controlled by the Misuse of Drugs or Medicine
Acts.”
Arthur & Grunert (2005)
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Butylone
Ivory
wave
NRG1, 2, 3
Flephedrone
(4-FMC)
3-FMC
Mephedrone
MDPV
Naphyrone
Benzo
fury
Methylone
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6-APB
MDAI
5-AI
• Monitoring trends via outreach to music
events/universities/clubs and drop-in
• Questionnaires and surveys
• Expert user interviews
• Various drug forums
• EU Safer nightlife initiative
• Other agencies-info exchange
• European social work placements
• John Moores university-analysis
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Brief interventions with service users
Training and capacity building
Compiling information sheets and cards
Updating website regularly
Mail shots
Briefing partnership agencies
Briefing front line staff at events
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• Limited access to drug testing and analysis
• Often based on service user reports-not
always 100% accurate
• Timescales before a substance is made
illegal can also be a barrier
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• Vital we share local intelligence
• Communication network
• National working group
• Tap and feed into early warning systems
around E.U
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• Amnesty bins
• Facilities for drug analysis
• Organisations linked in with public health
warnings
• Establish a legal highs communications
network
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• 4 Pilot areas
• Capacity building
• Training to front line staff
• Info exchange with partnership agencies
• Project is action research
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Speaker contact details:
Katy MacLeod
[email protected]
John Arthur
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Crew: 0131 220 3404
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