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Can you handle your drink?
Friday nights down the pubs are great aren't they? Getting lashed with your mates, having a laugh. It's fantastic fun isn't it? It's easier to pull because you are more confident and therefore it makes you happier.
Snorting Alcohol
Sounds wrong doesn't it, but it happens...
Underage Drinking
Is it a problem for Young People?
I.D
What forms are accepted?
Alcohol - Great Fun Or Dangerous?
A CD was produced by Leicestershire Constabulary on some of the issues caused by alcohol.
Local Contacts
The Braunstone Drug and Alcohol service
Provides information, advice and support to anyone concerned about their own, their family or friends drug or alcohol use. The service is aimed at young people aged 13 and above, families or carers who have been affected by substance use. There is a drop-in centre on Tuesdays 6.30pm to 8.30pm and appointments can also be arranged on an individual basis at various locations in Braunstone.
Contact:
Sarah Coombes
Braunstone Drug and Alcohol Advice
45 Wellinger Way
Braunstone
Leicester
LE3 1RG
Tel: 0116 2232249
Mobile: 07795 344053
Email: sarah.coombes@braunstone.com
New Direction
Offers information, advice and support to young people up to the age of nineteen who use drugs or alcohol. Also offer assessments, referral on and complementary therapies. One to one casework available. Help available. Also support for the parents of drug users. Monday - Friday 9.00am - 1.00pm
Tel:0116 2229559 or 0116 2229522
Fax: 0116 2229552
email: info@lcp-trust.org.uk
The Alcohol Advice Centre
Offers information, advice and counselling to young people about their own or someone else's drinking.
96 New Walk
Leicester
LE1 7EA
Telephone: 0116 222 9545
Links To Useful Websites
The law is a bit complicated when it comes to alcohol, so it’s worth knowing what you can and can’t do and what happens if you break the rules.
Alcohol Concern - National agency on alcohol misuse.
Replacement site for Mind Body and Soul
The Royal College of Psychiatrists - article on alcohol.
Addaction - provides assessments for those in police custody and those referred by police. Advice and information about drugs and substances, about local drug services. Can offer treatment to help individuals and communities manage the effects of drugs and alcohol misuse.
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