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This project involves finding out what help there is in your area for people who have problems with drug use.

There are different types of help for people who have drug problems. What is available varies in different areas. Your area might have:

	A Drug Advice and Counselling Service which gives information and advice to drug users.
	Young people's advice service which helps young people with any problem, including drugs.
	Hospital drug services for people who are dependent on drugs like heroin or alcohol.
	Special centres where people can go and stay while they come off drugs.
	Self-help groups for drug users or the parents or families of drug users.

To find out what is available in your area you could:

• look under the word DRUGS in your local phone book or yellow pages
• ask at a Citizen's Advice Bureau or other information service like the public library
• ask at your school or college
• ring the FRANK drug helpline on 0800 77 66 00.
• Search DrugScope's treatment services directory - Helpfinder

Once you have some idea of what exists find out more about exactly what is on offer. You could ring agencies up and obtain their information leaflet. You could also ask them questions over the phone or visit and interview the staff. You might ask them:

• Exactly what they offer and to whom.
• When they are open or available.
• Whether anyone can contact them direct or whether people have to go through a doctor or other professional.
• Whether there is an appointment system or you can just pop in.
• Whether there is a waiting list and if so how long.
• Whether there is an age limit (some services don't see people aged under 16).
• What rules they have about confidential information.
• How they would like to see their service improved.
• Anything else you think is important.
  

Note down the answers you get. Write a report about what services exist locally, what they offer and how good you think they are.

If your fellow students do not know about local help services you could assist in getting relevant information to them. You might arrange for leaflets to be available to them or for posters to be put up. You might even produce your own leaflet making students aware of local services.

Resources

Here are a selection of websites that may help with your project. Please remember that DrugScope/D-World cannot be held responsible for the content of other sites.

Helpfinder - DrugScope's treatment services directory.

Positive Futures - links to stories and case studies about what helps with social exclusion.

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