The purpose of the Community Addiction Course is to enable people to:

• Learn about Drugs and their effects.
• Develop an understanding of addiction
• Examine their own attitudes.
• Become more effective in their personal responses.
• Explore the effects of drug mis-use on the family.
• Develop the skills and knowledge to become more effective in responding to drug misuse in their own communities.

Student Profile; Community members who feel they would like to be more effective when it comes to drug/alcohol issues. There are no educational requirements to be part of this course, only a willingness to learn.

Course coming soon. Cost 320 euro. Friday evenings 7pm/10pm, Sat 9.30 am/5pm.  Light lunch provided.

Course structure

• Introduction
• Drug use, misuse and abuse
• Drugs as participants encounter them.  Signs and symptoms
• Drugs used in particular communities and their effects.
• Attitudes
• Pharmaceutical information on drugs
• The process of addiction
• The effects of addiction on families
• Interventions at one to one level
• Intervention and listening skills role play.
• Referral and treatment programmes