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Moray Drug and Alcohol Group

The Moray Alcohol and Drug Partnership (MADP) is keen to establish a frontline workers group/networking forum. The forum will be open to everyone with an interest in drug and alcohol issues/policy/practice/strategy and will provide a direct link into the MADP through the Workforce Development Sub-group (WDSg).

The group will be facilitated by the ADP/MIDAS Team Lead who will be held accountable to report back to the ADP through the WDSg.

The ADP are hoping to provide an organised forum for local views from service providers, carers and service users to assist in identifying unmet need and to inform the work of the ADP. It is also hoped that we can draw from the insight front line workers and service users have and generate the establishment of informal self maintained family and self help recovery networks. It is also hoped that the setting up of this group will allow workers from all fields the opportunity to liaise on matters of commonality around drug and alcohol use.

If you are working in Housing; Homecare; Education; Primary/Secondary/Public Health; Third Sector; Social Care; Social Work; Private Sector; Criminal Justice; and Employability, have an interest/connection with drugs and/or alcohol and feel that you can contribute, we would welcome your input.

Please contact Donna Philip at donna.philip@moray.gov.uk and advise if you would like to attend or be added to the mailing list for this new and exciting group.

Please forward this email to as much people as possible to ensure that the right people are informed.

Regards

John Campbell

Team Lead

Drug and Alcohol Services

Moray Alcohol and Drug Partnership

252 High Street

Elgin

IV30 1BE

T: 01343 551564

M: 07527 387515

W: www.madp.org.uk

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Challange 25

From 1st October 2011 in Scotland, the Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Act 2010 introduces a new mandatory condition for all premises licences and occasional licences requiring that there must be an age verification policy in relation to the sale of alcohol on the premises.

The law has set a minimum age of 25 years for the policy where it appears to the person selling the alcohol that the customer may be under the age of 25 years.

As a result of this change in the law, customers in any premises in Scotland licensed for the sale of alcohol, including pubs, clubs, restaurants, supermarkets and convenience stores may be asked to produce identification where they appear under the age of twenty five to prove that they are over the age of eighteen and can lawfully purchase alcohol.

So, if you are lucky enough to look under 25 you will be asked to prove that you are aged 18 or over when you buy alcohol.  If you are under 18 you are committing an offence if you attempt to buy alcohol*.

Challange 25 Guide

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Time to think about what you drink

Enjoying a glass of wine after a tough day at work, a hard day with the kids or when you have got your feet up in front of the TV can be enjoyable.

Many of us would say that alcohol can help us wind down but more often than not, just one glass to relax can turn into more than you think - sometimes even the whole bottle!

What many people do not realise though is that every time you have a drink, it adds up to more than you think. Many of us are exceeding the sensible drinking guidelines of not regularly drinking more than 2-3 units of alcohol a day - that is the same as just one large glass of wine.

Latest figures show that around 50% of men and 40% of women exceed the sensible drinking guidelines in a typical week*.

Sarah, 35 a mother of two looks forward to her me time when the kids are finally tucked up in bed; "Both my kids are under four so it can be really tiring running about after them and some days, I am just drained. When the kids go down around 7.30pm, I pour myself a glass or two of wine and curl up in front of the sofa to watch my soaps.

Like Sarah, many of us are enjoying a drink now and then. But it is important to keep track of how much we are actually drinking. If you are regularly drinking more than the sensible drinking guidelines of 2-3 units of alcohol a day (a large glass of wine), then you could be overdoing it.

By overdoing it, not only do you risk disrupted sleep, gaining a few extra pounds and your looks being affected, you could also be seriously harming your health.

Regularly exceeding the sensible drinking guidelines means you could be putting yourself at increased risk of high blood pressure, liver problems, heart disease and even breast cancer.

So, perhaps it is time to start thinking about how drinking all adds up.

To find out more, go to:

http://www.drinksmarter.org/

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