Understanding Drugs
Course
In Dunsland Cross
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
Dunsland cross
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Start date
Different dates available
Understanding Drugs - a distance learning course by BSY This is a course targeted towards concerned parents and non-experts involved in a variety of different settings including schools, universities, youth and adult groups. The course addresses a wide range of drug types including alcohol, amphetamines, ecstasy, crack-cocaine, cannabis, heroin, LSD, over-the-counter and prescribed medicines. The course is comprehensive and educates students with information on the physical and psychological effects, overdose, dependence, legal status and 'street' names of drugs.
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Course programme
The course syllabus is structured as follows:
- Lesson One
- Introduction
- Not my Child
- Ignorance
- Becoming Aware
- Lesson Two
- Drugs Use Explained
- Definition of'Drug'
- Modern Trends
- The Current Problem
- Drugs - the Facts
- Drugs Use Explained
- Lesson Three
- The Drugs and Their Effects
- Amphetamines
- Cannabis
- Cocaine
- 'XTC' - Ecstasy
- Heroin
- LSD
- Solvents
- The Drugs and Their Effects
- Lesson Four
- Drug Education
- Pressure
- Prevention
- Drug Education
- Lesson Five
- Drugs and Users
- Important Terms
- Stages of Drug Usage
- Influencing Factors
- Dependence
- Drugs and Users
- Lesson Six
- Cannabis
- Cocaine
- Harm Reduction
Additional information
Expenses
There are two ways you can enrol on this course. You can:
- Pay with a deposit of £70 £50, followed by 8 monthly instalments of £25
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- Pay the total course fee in one sum of £270 £250 and also receive a one year NUS Extra discount card1 – free
Understanding Drugs