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Mumlyfe: For Mums of Older Kids

“You probably won’t know your teen is smoking pot”. An honest story about a Mum’s experience.

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Alcohol & Drug Counselling Online

Counselling Online is a free and confidential service that provides 24/7 support to people across Australia affected by alcohol or drug use. It’s for anyone who wants to change their drinking or drug use, or for friends and family of people managing substance use. Advice for parents on how to approach the subject with their teens.

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Drugs: Youth Law Australia

Youth Law Australia is a community legal service that is dedicated to helping children and young people in Australia and their supporters to find a legal solution to their problems. Here they talk about common illicit drugs; marijuana, amphetamines, ecstasy, LSD, cocaine, heroin, methadone etc.

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What is Cannabis? Effects, dependence, resources etc…

Australian advice and information on marijuana. It’s good to be informed and calm before you storm your kids bedroom or brain…

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Cannabis: FAQs for Parents

Talking to your kids about drugs. What every parent should know. Tons of useful information from Cannabis Information and Support.

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Disability and Addiction

Substance use rates are higher among people with disabilities, and disabilities can also make getting proper treatment more difficult. A study from Bicycle Health.

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The Connection Between Eating Disorders and Substance Misuse

Up to half of all people with eating disorders also use alcohol or drugs. Up to 35% of all people with substance use disorders also have eating disorders. A study from Bicycle Health.

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Podcast: Grief, Addiction and Mental Health with Gwen Dudley

From the Good Mourning Grief Podcast series. In today’s episode, we share a raw and honest conversation with TikTok creator, Gwen Dudley. Gwen’s partner died from a fentanyl overdose. Gwen shares how we can all be better at understanding the connection behind past trauma, mental health, and addiction, as well as coping with addiction loss.

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ACON: Here for Health – Alcohol and Other Drugs

Many sexuality and gender diverse people use alcohol and other drugs (AOD) and most do so in a way that does not cause harm, however some in our communities do experience harms and may benefit from accessing specific information and support.

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Turning Point

Contains information and advice for clinicians, clients and families, self assessments, community education and training, resources and tons more.

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Parenting Guidelines for Adolescent Alcohol Use

Information, risks, tips, resources, links to other websites.

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YouTube: Kristina Kuzmic and her son Luka

Kristina and Luka open up to each other about his mental health and drug and alcohol addiction struggles. Hope and humour.

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Alcohol and Drug Foundation: Education in Schools

Programs that engage primary and secondary school pupils, along with their parents, teachers and other influential adults play an important role in preventing alcohol and other drug harms in young people.

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Free Online Courses for Parents

sdecc specialises in providing free counselling and support for young people aged 12 -25 with problematic alcohol and other drugs (AOD) use and their families.

sdecc works within a family inclusive, trauma informed framework and our highly qualified counsellors understand the complexities of AOD use, including any mental health issues.

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Local Drug and Alcohol Services

An extensive list of drug and alcohol services in the Northern Sydney Local Health District

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What is Cannabis?

Knowledge is Power. Headspace is a place to go to arm yourself and your kids with knowledge about substances they may be using or at least will have the opportunity to use at some point during their adolescence.

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SDECC

sdecc is a non-government alcohol and other drugs counselling service, based on the Northern Beaches and North Shore of Sydney. We specialise in supporting young people, aged 12 – 25 years, to minimise the harms associated with their problematic alcohol and/or drug use and any associated mental health issues.

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Reflection: A mother and son chat on mental health and drug dependence

Comedian Kristina Kuzmic and her son open up honestly about his mental health struggles, drug dependence, violence and what she learned through raising him.

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Message from the mother of a struggling teen

We all need to hear this from comedian Kristina Kuzmic…”If the timeline that you have set for yourself, or the world has set for you does not work out, that’s okay. Prioritise your mental health and be so proud of your achievements whenever they come.” Go to resource for a bit more of the story….

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Doing Drugs with Paul Dillon

Paul Dillon has been working in the area of drug education for the past 25 years. Through his own business, Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia (DARTA) he has been contracted by many organisations to give regular updates on current drug trends.

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Podcast Series: The Real Deal on Drugs

In the ‘The Real Deal on Drugs’ podcast series Paul Dillon answers the questions he is most regularly asked by students across the country. It is important to remember that the content has been developed with young people in mind and aims to provide them with the information they want to know about alcohol and other drugs.

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How do you support an alcoholic without enabling them?

Lisa Corduff on what she learned living with and loving someone with an alcohol dependence.

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Cracks in the Ice

Cracks in the Ice is an online toolkit providing trusted, evidence-based, and up-to-date information and resources about crystal methamphetamine (‘ice’) for the Australian community.

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Youth AOD Toolbox

This toolbox provides practitioners in the youth Alchohol and Other Drugs field with reliable and current information to help to increase their knowledge and enrich their practice.

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