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FRANK |
| FRANK is a national anti-drug campaign principally aimed at teenagers and young adults. FRANK aims to ensure that: * Young people understand the risks and dangers of drugs and their use * Young people know where to go for advice or help * Parents have the confidence and knowledge to talk to their children about drugs * Professionals who work with young people, especially vulnerable groups, are supported |
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Cannabis Is Skunk Support |
| Cannabis Skunk Support (CanSS) is a new registered charity currently run and funded principally by volunteers. Its mission is to raise awareness of the continuing and growing threat to children, teenagers and their families, posed by cannabis use. |
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Daily Dose |
| Daily Dose is maintained by WIRED. WIRED was developed six years ago by David Clark, a Professor of Psychology at University of Wales, Swansea, as a way of empowering people to tackle substance misuse. It aims to: * Provide the information, support and tools that people require to help them overcome or reduce their substance use problem; * Improve the quality of services in the community provided to people with a substance use problem and their families and carers; * Raise awareness and understanding of substance misuse, the problems it creates and the ways to deal with these problems. |
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Tackling Drugs |
| Government Home Office sitehighlighting some facts, statistics and issues around drugs and the people affected. | |
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D A R E |
| DARE (UK) is a British registered charity and part of a worldwide educational organisation which provide recipients with the knowledge and life skills to resist harmful drugs, including alcohol and tobacco. | |
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HITS
| website-hit-counters.com |
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