This booklet tries to help you to become better informed, to understand more about what drugs do, to be in a better position to listen and talk with your child about drugs.
Drugs are available throughout Scotland and in every type of area.
The information included in this booklet is what parents told HEBS they needed to know about. This booklet contains a guide to what the drugs commonly used by young people do to the mind and body and what the long and short-term effects are. It also covers the law, first aid and where to go for help. Information is provided on all aspects of cannabis use, with particular reference to the UK, including the law, political parties, effects of cannabis, industrial uses and a directory of cannabis related organisations. A section on cannabis and medicine includes material on conditions for which cannabis is useful, and links to documents on the medicinal use of cannabis.