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Parents and carers play a vital role in keeping children safe from drugs and alcohol. Learn more: bit.ly/2BjN5Co #DrugsEducation #Prevention #WednesdayWisdom

What do children and young people need from their substance misuse education? Are we getting it right? Hear @crew_2000 and @Mentortweets at our upcoming free event: eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-heal… #PINSHWB @YoungScot @SCVOtweet

@crew_2000 @Jmholleran @MentorScotland @PINScotland Thank you, @crew_2000!

@Jmholleran @MentorScotland @PINScotland eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-heal…

Happy Monday, everyone! Booking is now live for this fab @PINScotland seminar in November. Make sure to register: shorturl.at/jFV13 and come along for some great conversations around health, wellbeing and meeting the needs of every child! @crew_2000

@HowzThat1com Absolutely - and I think you've captured one of the main take aways here: the influence of parental drinking habits and attitudes on young people's use/exposure to alcohol. Definitely something worth bearing in mind + young people's perception of 'drinking culture' generally.

NHS Digital have just released their Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among young people report (2018). You can read more on/from the report here: digital.nhs.uk/data-and-infor…

Young people interviewed on @BBCNewsbeat yesterday re-iterated that if we are to impact #knifecrime we need to invest in youth clubs and services in local communities (not #ChickenBox warnings). A lesson we need to start listening to them. #prevention #youngpeople

@crew_2000 have released their latest drug trend report. Essential reading! #DrugTrends #HarmReduction #Scotland

Many of the people in our report had dozens or more interactions with social workers, GPs, police and others but those professionals had not received the right training to identify and address alcohol issues. This meant the risks alcohol posed were missed: alcoholchange.org.uk/publication/le…

Please share for #KinshipCarers in West Lothian area 🙌

It is deeply saddening to read the report on drug-related deaths in Scotland, as we know these are preventable fatalities. We believe that alongside treatment programmes, that investment in prevention is vital to making an impact on future generations. bit.ly/2LYNcty

@RebeccaGH_ Good morning Rebecca - can you email kate.holley@mentoruk.org and she can give you some information? Thanks!

Long schools holiday are really challenging for some families in South West #Edinburgh. Help tackle holiday #hunger by donating items to our local #foodbank this summer. 🥫🍞🍍

@Butterf90900238 @VoltefaceHub Well - community-based solutions to problems that are getting worse are ideal, esp. if they involve developing responses from/by those with lived experience. If that's what you mean by direct action, we're all for it (as well as govt. making money available to those doing it!)

This report demonstrates the need for investment in real infrastructural support for young people. It also shows how prevention work needs to start younger, at primary school. We've also been saying this about high quality #DrugPrevention and #Education: bit.ly/30bLY1H

- @DHSCgovuk & @PHE_uk need our help in building an accurate picture of *digital* #prevention, treatment or #recovery interventions. This is an important project for the whole sector. Support and share: lshtm.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/digital-drugal…

Lots of media coverage on legalising cannabis, and as ever the main issue for us is supporting young people with quality education and information on the risks and harms of all substance use. #Prevention #Education

Great to have been at the #BehindTheNumbers launch today. Watch films from the launch here: sfad.org.uk/behind-the-num… and get involved if you can! @ScotFamADrugs

@green_mjg Completely agree! That's why we want to ensure parents and carers feel informed when talking to their children. We also think its important to create links between schools and families so that neither institution is seen as 'the answer' in isolation.

Agree parents talking to children is important, but if problem with schools is teachers don’t have the training, how will that be different for parents? Leaving it to parents without supporting them to do this will just exacerbate inequalities as some do it better than others

Congratulations to @IanA_Mac! Well worth a read 📚👍