RESPECT...
& ALCOHOL AND/
OR OTHER DRUGS
We can be safe and take fewer risks when
drinking alcohol and/or using other drugs
and still have fun. If you’re going to get on
the drink or drugs then it is important to be
safer to help protect both your body and your
mind. For any situation you may encounter
it’s about:
➔
awareness of your surroundings
➔
good planning
➔
good decision making
➔
trusting your gut
➔
respecting yourself and others!
Remember, in everything you do - it’s about
what’s ok and what’s not ok for you.
Here are some
general tips:
➔ Stick with trusted friends and look out for
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one another.
➔ Plan how you’re getting home. Get a ride
from someone you trust who hasn’t been
drinking or using other drugs rather than
grabbing a ride from someone at the
party that you’ve just met.
➔ If someone is offering you a drink or
other drugs, even if they’re a friend, think
hard about whether you trust them and
why they might be giving this to you.
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➔ Know your limits with how much you can
have and how it affects you, and if you
start feeling worse for wear then let
someone you trust know.
➔ Be safer with sex.
•
No one has the right to do anything
to you without your consent, (giving
permission, saying yes) but don’t get
so off your head drunk or on drugs
that you’re putting yourself at risk.
•
If you are consenting, protect
yourself against pregnancy and STIs
➔ When you’re drinking and/or using
other drugs you may make decisions
that you regret later. Are you making
harmful decisions or even behaving in a
way you regret?
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by using condoms. Condoms are the
only contraception that protects
against both pregnancy and STIs.
•
At the end of the day, sex and
alcohol or other drugs are not a good
mix. So if you’re drinking and/or
using other drugs work out
beforehand what you want from
your night, and what you’re willing
to do, and don’t get so wasted that
you can’t stick to your plan.
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Here are a few tips to be safer
when it comes to drink spiking:
➔ Do not leave your drink unattended at
anytime (that even means not leaving it
with the cute person you just met before
you went to the toilet).
➔ If you do leave it unattended at any point,
don’t drink from it again.
➔ It is better to only accept drinks from
people you trust.
➔ If someone you don’t know does offer
you a drink, watch them pour it or go to
the bar with them to get it.
➔ Drink from cans or bottles that you
open yourself.
➔ Try to avoid getting ‘drunk and separated’.
➔ Stay close to your friends and
leave together.
DRINK
=
piss, booze, grog, juice, liquor,
goon, poison, alcamahol ,
alky, sauce or tinnies.
& other
DRUGS
=
Here are some tips just for when
you’re drinking:
➔ Women should drink no more than
4 standard drinks and men no more
than 6 standard drinks during a heavy
drinking session.
➔ Have something to eat – both before
drinking and while you’re drinking to help
soak up the alcohol.
➔ Make sure you drink plenty of water –
even a water between drinks is a good
idea. A big glass of water before bed can
also help with the hangover.
➔ Use alcohol-free drinks as spacers
➔ Set limits for yourself when drinking,
and try drinks that have a lower
alcohol content.
➔ Avoid binge drinking – getting so drunk
that you don’t know who or where you
are is dangerous and not particularly
appealing to anyone.
Drink spiking
Drink spiking is when somebody puts a drug
into your drink without you knowing. A lot of
people don’t realise that alcohol can be used
to spike drinks and it is actually the most
common drug used to do so.
pot, weed, mul , 420, 10:30,
acid, ecstasy, pills, dexis,
coke, crack, charlie…
If your drink has been spiked you may begin
to feel drowsy all of a sudden, off balance,
‘out of it’, faint, uncoordinated or start
vomiting. If you start to feel this way, tell a
friend or someone else you can trust
immediately and then you may also need to
immediately go to the police and/or the
nearest emergency department. If your drink
has been spiked it is not your fault. It is not
always possible to prevent these things from
happening but the tips above should help.
Information from ‘NDARC Fact Sheet: Standard drinks and safe drinking levels’; New national guidelines for alcohol consumption, DoHA; Get the Facts website at www.getthefacts.health.wa.gov.au; sex’n’respect website at
www.sexnrespect.co.nz; respectful relationships school presentation; thesite.org Going out safety at www.thesite.org; Queensland Police Safety in the Social Scene at
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/programs/personalSafety/situationalAdvice/05.htm; Kids Helpline Alcohol and Other Drugs at http://www.kidshelp.com.au/teens/get-info/hot-topics/alcohol-and-other-drugs.php.