SERGEANT COLIN WADDELL

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SERGEANT COLIN WADDELL

• DRUGS EDUCATION OFFICER
• CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE

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CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE

• SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE FOUR PILLARS
• YOUNG PEOPLE to help young people resist drug
  misuse in order to achieve their full potential
• COMMUNITIES to protect our communities from
  drug related anti-social and criminal behaviour
• TREATMENT to enable people with drug problems
  to overcome them and live healthy and crime free
  lives
• AVAILABILITY to stifle the availability of
  illegal drugs on our streets.

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CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE

• ACPOS STRATEGY TO REDUCE
• SUPPLY by means of enforcement, disruption and
  diversion reduce the availability of drugs in the
  community and arrest those involved in their
  supply and trafficking
• DEMAND by supporting police activities such as
  drug education and diversion to therapeutic
  interventions aimed at reducing drug demand and
  dependency through partnership working
• HARM by supporting police activities aimed at
  reducing drug related harm

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CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE

• Main drug used Forth Valley
• Cannabis Heroin
• All others on the market
• Costs
• 5 to 10 dependent on drug
• Most chaotic
• 40 to 80 per day
• 280 to 560 per week
• Some tablets 50p - 1

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CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE

• Drugs
• Ecstasy amphetamine cocaine crack cocaine
  heroin tranquilisers LSD cannabis magic
  mushrooms GHB methadone
• All available in local market (street)

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CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE

• Street names
• MDMA ecstasy love hearts - doves
• Amphetamine speed uppers - whizz
• Cocaine (crack) rocks coke snow
• Amyl and butyl nitrates poppers
• Heroin junk smack
• Tranquillisers tranx eggs jellies
• LSD acid
• Cannabis dope draw shit - grass

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CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE
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CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE

• WHO DO THEY GET THEM FROM
• 38 FRIEND OF THE SAME AGE
• 28 OLDER FRIEND
• 10 SOMEONE ELSE KNOWN
• 5 SIBLING
• 4 BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND
• 3 YOUNGER FRIEND
• 2 STRANGER

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CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE

• WHERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN THEY TAKE DRUGS
• 41 OUTDOORS
• 25 SOMEONE ELSES HOME
• 15 PARTY
• 9 OWN HOME
• 6 SCHOOL
• 3 CLUB/DISCO

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CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE

• WHAT TO LOOK FOR
• SUDDEN CHANGES IN MOOD
• AGGRESSIVE OR IRRITABLE BEHAVIOUR
• LOSS OF INTEREST SCHOOL OR SPORT
• CHANGE OF FRIENDS
• UNUSUAL SLEEP PATTERNS
• MONEY MISSING FROM HOUSE
• PARAPHERNALIA
• ALL ADDS UP TO ???????????????
• NORMAL HORMONAL TEENAGER?
• DRUG USER?

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CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE

• THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE WILL TAKE NO
  DRUGS
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