Drugs Refresher

Duration: one day

Who is the course for: workers with previous drugs training wishing to up-date and refresh their knowledge.

Objectives:

• to ensure that workers' skills are kept up-to-date
• to provide information about changes to:
  • drug terms
  • harm-reduction advice and information
  • new drugs or drug facts
  • research
  • policy
  • law
• to look at scenarios and explore good responses to these
• to share experience and practice

Format: Taught sections, work in groups and pairs

Handouts: Material about all the areas covered in the course will be provided