Clltheroe Advertiser & Times, July 1st, 1999 15 Tips for Itecping a chock ^li your driHking


O Don't mix your drink O Try to slow down tlie piico at ivliich you drink. ® If you aro concerned about the levels you are drink-


iiij;, keep a "drinks-diary," nionilorinf' how murli you (Iraidi and who yon were with. That way you can ke?p tabs on the circumstances in which yiiu may feel yoti mi)fht he .


overdoing it. ' ! © Decide before you hejiin drinkin)< how much you


want to consume and stick to it. Think about ways in which you can keep your alcohol intake down, for exam­ ple, arrive at the pul', later in the eveninn, choose lower streiintli brands, avoid neat spirits. © Try to have a couple of alcohol-free days a week. O If you are really concerned about your drinking, con­


tact your t;P or the Community Alcohol Service featured on this pajfe.


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Health report; more people drink than use illegal substances


11KALTII .services are only able to deal with a fraction of drug and alcoliol u.sers in the area, a report from Idast Lan­


cashire 11 e;dl h Authority has eonfe.s.sed. The authority’s annual report is a critical asso.^sment ol


its work in many different areas, one of which is alcohol '''iVs'lirescriiitiiin for dealing with drugs follows on the


back of Drug f'zar Keith llollaweH's 10-year .strategy. 'Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain.


The national strat egy hius built a four-pronged approac


including: protecting communities from anti-social crimi­ nal bihtwiour; providing treatment for users; craving down on the availability of illegal drugs; and enabling vouim i)co!>lo to resist


niisusc. i i .


' The Last Lancashire authority points out illegal drug misuse is a complex subject and stre.sses that: (drug users) who come to the attention of the health services tlie; caring services are usually,people or w lom <lrug misuse has become a central factor m their lives nnd -s rc-


(pieiitly a problem to tliem. They represent a small pu- centage of all those who use illicit drugs."


' Those coming to the authority will more than likely heroin and oniale u.ser.s, say.s the lepoit.


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It goes on to outline figures collated Y'.mlL.suler’


which suggest that I'kist Lancashire cenlage of male drug u.sers, aged between 20 ami 2.) yc r.s of age in the Noi'tli West, at 10.2 per thoicsand popula-


Uoi B It Itibble Valley Health Authority Drug .Services m-cording to the figures, have the lowest level o ,mo e aiwroaching them for help m I'.asl Lancashne with only 'i 07 males (20-20) per thousand and L'28 per thousand o leo ilc' aged between 1.0 and Tl .seeking their services. This is obviously good news for our area on


■ Hand, but as the report points out: "'I'he P^nva ence f ■ drug misuse as a whole in the community is diffienlt tc monilor .11. a routine basis." Such figures '’wi 1 in par reflect relative prevalence of drug misuse, but aic .ilsi ludikelv to be influenced by acce.ss to .services. This data does .seem to fly in the face of


c-irried out by the Activate Drug Awareness 1 roject at th end of last yisir, which suggests drug use acro.s.s the boai young people is greater in the Ribble Valley than ,


" ’ ‘Mrt'eof'f-lac^^^^ »f flKJ Clitheroe Drug BreventiC ' |'■lrtnership, suggests a difference of emphasis in f


ai'ithority's work and Activate's might explain this d)- iC a n cy lie.says: "1 lealth services are so stretched, tiv


simolv have not got a lot of time to spend on prevontn and idiicative approaciies. Our strategy is to recogne


' Lhe.se are key elements in the way we approach the issr. ¥he S o r t S cum : "The need tiKleal wili. drug misie


;ls a whole and at community level is ci O Under the .sub-heading of Alcohol Misii.se .


renort states- "Because the overall number of people ho use aLohol is higlier than tho.se using illegal ‘ number for whom it is problematic is


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, Viewed from a public perspective, resnoiisible for a far greater burden on the health otne


; pinndSm than the misuse of illicit drugs." (see mainea- Lure, above, on alcohol)


Drugs forum: the time and the place


y o u r Clitheme Advertiser and Times is fully im- .nitted to increiLsing awarene.ss about drugs in Lhe-ib-


ble Valley along with the Activate 1 roject. I'NR is why ive are holding a "Drugs C)uestm^^^


forum on .July 12th, at the 1 rimty Centre. o


for anyone concerned about drug use in our With the long summer holidays approathing, < y


VouiSers will find them.selves with a lot ” N>ar/m on their hands. LMfiirtunately or .some, they vH b^^


offered drugs in one form or another - we sure parents and children have the knowledge to b able


to tackle the problem. ' What has become evident, since we


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c-uuiiaign in .laimarv, from the letters and fei.dliek \ fi om you, is that there is a wide r.ange of o.nior


„ „ .Irugs and't he best ways of tackling them wilm ou community.


to allow l.hese views to be aired in a public form. T„ this end, "Drugs CJuesLion '


We Hiink the b.'st way to address peoples coru ns s ^ ]


i, •„ ,„,r,.rns's


together a lianel of local ex|ierts m the field, ho w 1 Ulk :.bout the woik they do and li.sten to ancdi.se,us


your views and concerns on the subject. .So if you are worrieil about the ' r"8s |h-obliu, wlY


future of you,' children’s wc41-being could be • s t ^ ^ O Dnius tiiicslinn 'I imu' tukus pKux at Ui


,:oum along and V ' ' : l C " m "


Cmitl'c, Weslevan Row. off P.awdkinds, Cbteroe.on Momlav, .luly 'l2th, at 7-80 p.m„ admission ificc .nd refreshments will be available on


wo,lid like inor,' details, the Clitheroe Adverti.ser and 1 iiiie.s, on (H^42Z.i i^


Kind-hearted couple raise £55) jor children’s hospice!


A R IM INCTON cou­ ple who a.sked kucsL^ at


tlieir ruby wedding anniver.sary iiarty to give cash donations instead of presents have raised •L5.'30 for Uenan


House. Goun. Ricliard Sheri'as


and Mrs .Icnnifer .Slierras celebrated their 'iOLh wed­ ding anniversary with . 7


guests, made up of and friends, at the Black


Itull in Rirnington. Tliey decided to make


11,c kind offer to Der.an Hou.se after hearing that a


young hoy in the village


who died caller t^s yea,- fi-om a brail tiimiui', had received cartit thihospice. Their son, 'iniony. also died of ahi-m tiniJar eight


years ago. MrsSher<issai; When


we heard th littkboy had died, it reiindcdts of onr


own loss, 9 we i


ask all oiiiguest donations nstea us gifts."


elded to to make


IJerian loii.se’jMi.ss Kay


o)f giving 1


Nichohes omm Red: "We would li:e to ay a hig


thank yix to M and Mrs .Sherras h the; generosity and to evryompl'*) helped them lonelp I- "■ was a wonderfil thoiyit*


(Jitiferoe Bridge Chbhsults were :us fol ow.s. ^8. Mfs i


iind Mr H. I'leiumg.


G. Poliard, Mrs.J.8tuhhcmsand On Thursday winners


Pollard, Mr A. Norn


‘ ^^.nhhenslinll Mr,t?^^ ........, Mr.l ,. i,q?,>he p): Mr W. and


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THE philosophy of "car­ ing for tlie carers" is .spreading best and apjire- ciated by many families who have a deep commit­ ment to looking after .someone. Pictured here are some carer.s who enjoyed a


relaxing "pamper day" in the charming .surround­ ing,s of Kibble Valley Council


. .. • chamber.


Ulitlieroo Lion.s Club helped finance oxtra-ssuch ius flowers, cliocolates and


wine. 'I’hu Coimminity Care


1 1 . • ___I .vT l Uy x l o o n l t Pamper day for the carers


Project of the local coun­ cil for voluntary service E launching a carers’ guide,


s


giving details of extra help available which people


may not know about Inquiries can bo made to Kathleen Eastwood or Kathleen Bell on 01200 422664.


0990 134826 or 0870 608 6000


during office hours quoting reference 8362 • ^^: is for U A L LU C IN O U F N S


S tre e t names : LSD, a c id ,


trips, la b s , micnidots, blotters, dots,


mushies, 'slirooms. © Buying and using


them: LSD comes usually either as a small piece of blotting paper with some sort of design on the front or as a tiny impregnated pill (microdot). They can cost as little as T'Z a dose, making them popular among young people with little money. Magic mush­ rooms ( !ibert.v caps) grow on fields from .September through to late November. They have a long wavy stem with a cone shaped cai).The.v are either taken, raw, dried, cooked in food or


stewed in tea. O Effects: An LSD tri|i


can la-st up to 12 hours and can have pi'ofounil effects on the perception of the ii.ser bringing on heavy ili.s- tortions of .sound, colour and time. In .stiong doses, lialliicinatioiismay bei'xpe-


rienced. iMagic mushrooms ri'sult


in similar effects to LSD, but the trip is often milder


and shorter. O Problems: I'or the


;c3 0 _ i - fi 'is


% 'IS.


LSD is o-ften found impregnated onto paper squares many of which have


•printed designs Scale: 5 mm


inexptirieneed user, a had


trip can re.sult in a frighten­ ing psychotic epi.sode lead­ ing to severe paranoia and di.sorientation. P.syehologi- cal prohleiiis mayhe exag­ gerated in the mind of the user during and following a trip. Some users report experieiieiiig "flashbacks, whereby elements of the trip :,re relived sometime after the event. Magic mushrooms can cause .stom­ ach iqisets and diahorrea and, as with any wild mii.sh- rooms, t;iking the wrong sort can re.sult in iioi.soning. @ Prevalence in the Rih-


ble Valley; Three i>er cent of youngsters, aged between 12 and 17 years of age. have


tried magic mushrooms and two per cent LSD, accord­


ing to a survey carried out Ijy the Clithcroe-based Activate Drug Awareness


I’mject. © Legal status; LSD is a


class A drug. Posse.ssion of Glass A drugs carries the stiffest penalties - anyone caught in i)o.ssession can face up to seven years imprisonment and a fine. 'I'hose who are caught in lios.se.ssion deemed with intent to supply tlie drugs can face life imprisonment and a fine. While it is not illegal to po.s.se.ss i-aw magic musii,’ooms, wlien prcijarcd for use, ic. tlricd or stewed, they c:iri'y a class A stat,i.s.


feiSiS*:! -k'm i i l i i •X' a “ Trr mm LJ | with Ben Carlish inis in conjunction with Activate


Alcohol - we all enjoy it, but it’s iust another potentially-fatal drug


ID say most of us like a diink is something of a trjism. In fact, 90 per cent of adults in this


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cointry drink. Vhethc'r socialising with


oir friemds or trying to snpoth that bu.siness deal, alohol is our number one favjurite drug. It is a drug, because it


alers our state of mind exdaining in part our love afair with boo'/.e. How miny times have you found yiiirself .saying at the end ofa long hard week: "I cold murder a drink." Alcohol is a depressant,


coitrary to what people bJieve, it is not a stimu- Isit, but it allows us to uwind and can make us fel more talkative and sciable, which, in the pre.s- sre cooker of modern life, i no bad thing. 1 n fact, pnie experts suggest that living a moderate amount (■ alcohol is actually good ir your health, because of


:,s ability to relieve stre,ss -- he nemesis of a healthy


lody and mind. Most of us .ake a drink in moderation ind will experience few


[iroblems with it, save foi* the occasional hangover


after a party. On the flip-side there is


an ever-increasing number of people who are experi­ encing drink-related prob­ lems, ranging from work­ place problems through booze biiigeing in the week to domestic trauma result­ ing from violent behaviour in the home after a session on the bottle. It appears to be a trend


that the tide of drink relat­ ed problems is to continue to swell for the foreseeable future, with more ami more young iieople bitting the sauce before, in ,some cases


they even hit secondary school age. While there is a massively lucrative indus­ try around alcohol and the Government accrues mil­ lions in VAT from sales of it, there is a social price to


fbov even hil secondary 0 1,000 children under


the age of 15 are admitted to hospital each year with


alcohol poisoning. © Around half of pedes­


trians, aged between 16 and 60, killed in road accidents have more alcohol in their blood than the legal drink-


drive limit. ® Around half all adults


admitted to hospital with head injuries are drunk. © In 1!)!M, 57,800 people


were found guilty or cau­ tioned for drunkens.ss. The jieak age of offenders was


18. The.se stark .statistics do . ,


not even begin to touch on the physical damage to jico-


ple's vital organs, nor the emotional and social wreck­ age, alcohol can leave in its


wake. Locally, too, alcohol


abuse is on the increiuse. In I'.HH), Blackburn, Hynd- burn and the Ribble Valley had the highest level of exce.ssive drinkers in Mast l>ancashire, with 20.1) per cent of males drinking over 21 units of alcohol a week, the Government's tlien rec­ ommended safe weekly limit of alcohol consump­ tion (recently upped to 28 units, the equivalent of 14


pints a week.) On the ground alcohol


counsellors are overrun. Mrs Kath Muniliy, project v/orker at the Community Alcohol Services in Burnley, which covers the Ribble Valley, says: "We find it very difficult to keep up with the level of demand for our .services. Since 1 started


hero eight years ago, there has boon a steady increase in the flow of people coming to us and the age threshold has been coming down and down, noticeably so." Many


re people assume


that the service only works with recovering alcoholics, but that is just a part of iUs work, as Mrs Murphy explains. "If people think their drinking is a problem, then it is a problem. We deal with people who drink relatively very little, but might feel they are coming to depend on drink. Some people on the other hand drink excessive amounts and don’t see themselves as having a problem," she says. In addition to one-to-one counselling, the service runs a Korics of groups Largotod at specific people, for exam­ ple there is a women's group reflecting the ri.se in drinkers among the female


po|)ulace. "A few years ago, it was


not as socially acceptable for women to go out anil have a drink, along with other women. Now it is not unusual to .sec women who go out drinking pints, ’’ reflects Kath. "Women have many underlying problems that men don't have, which might lead them to drink more. One way or another they are catching up with the amount men drink." With such a prevalent


drinking culture in this country, there can be few parents who are not con­ fronted by the dilemma of what advice to give their children on the subject. Mrs Carol Mallet, Mrs


Murphy’s fellow project worker, goes out to local schools to talk to pupils about the pitfalls of alco­ hol. With the careful mar-


Hallucinogens


Tabs - LSD - ACID - Trips - Magic Mushrooms Magic mushrooms


(become class A only when prepared for use)


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BHUNLBY'S angels, alcohol project workers Mrs Mallet (left), Mrs Murphy (right) and adiiiinistratioii officer Mrs Nichols (centre), at the Coinmuiiity Alcohol Service, based ill Burnley. (28l)(i‘)<)/12/11)


keting of alcopops by the drink industry and super- strength ciders in trendy­ looking bottles, more and more children .see drinking as being a "cool" thing to


do. .She concurs it is difficult


for parents to know what to do for the best. She adds: "Not a lot of them regard it as a drug, which can harm them and it is relatively ea.sy for them to get hold of it. You need to be able to get the youngsters to iden­ tify the pitfalls of alcohol for themselves. Educate them in the different strengths of drinks. A lot of cans available in off-


licences can be very strong. Talk to your children always in a frank and open


way." © A leaflet "Discussing


Drinking With Your Chil­ dren," is available from the Portman Group, 2d Wim- pole Street, London WIM 7AA - or ring 0171 499


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