Do You or Your Teenager Want to Talk About Cannabis (Dope) Use?
0th December
Half of all Australian teenagers have tried smoking cannabis and about ten percent of them smoke dope at least every week. In fact, so many teenagers smoke dope that the 14 to 19 year age group smoke more cannabis than cigarettes.
Are you a parent who’s worried about your teenager’s dope smoking? Or maybe you’re a teenager who would like some advice or help with your smoking habit. You may think you’re the only one with a dope habit and there’s no-one to talk to.
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at the University of New South Wales is running a research program for young cannabis users who want a chance to talk about their use without being pressured to change. NDARC is offering a confidential, objective look at the level of cannabis use and help the teenager to examine what’s going on for them. NDARC also provides balanced information on cannabis use, and answers any questions about it. If the teenager wants to change their usage, then NDARC will help, but if he/she doesn’t, then NDARC won’t hassle them.
The program is brief – two sessions – confidential, one-to-one and free. If the teenager seems to have a serious problem, and if they wish, a third session can be held in which they will be given strategies to help them decrease their cannabis use.
This type of brief contact has proven useful in bringing about behaviour change in other areas such as problem drinking and cigarette smoking.
There are also sessions for parents who want more information. Those sessions discuss the nature of the parents’ concerns and their relationship with their child, and how to talk to the teenager about those concerns.
Participants will be followed up at 3 and 6 months after their last session, to see whether their cannabis use has changed in response to the program.
CONTACT DETAILS: Greg Martin, NDARC, tel. 9385 0260 or Louisa Wright, UNSW Public Affairs and Development, tel. 9385 3644.
Are you a parent who’s worried about your teenager’s dope smoking? Or maybe you’re a teenager who would like some advice or help with your smoking habit. You may think you’re the only one with a dope habit and there’s no-one to talk to.
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at the University of New South Wales is running a research program for young cannabis users who want a chance to talk about their use without being pressured to change. NDARC is offering a confidential, objective look at the level of cannabis use and help the teenager to examine what’s going on for them. NDARC also provides balanced information on cannabis use, and answers any questions about it. If the teenager wants to change their usage, then NDARC will help, but if he/she doesn’t, then NDARC won’t hassle them.
The program is brief – two sessions – confidential, one-to-one and free. If the teenager seems to have a serious problem, and if they wish, a third session can be held in which they will be given strategies to help them decrease their cannabis use.
This type of brief contact has proven useful in bringing about behaviour change in other areas such as problem drinking and cigarette smoking.
There are also sessions for parents who want more information. Those sessions discuss the nature of the parents’ concerns and their relationship with their child, and how to talk to the teenager about those concerns.
Participants will be followed up at 3 and 6 months after their last session, to see whether their cannabis use has changed in response to the program.
CONTACT DETAILS: Greg Martin, NDARC, tel. 9385 0260 or Louisa Wright, UNSW Public Affairs and Development, tel. 9385 3644.
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