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For information and advice about cannabis:
RU-OK? is part of Brighton & Hove Childrenâs Services, working alongside under 18s whose lives are affected by substance misuse in Brighton & Hove. RU-OK? adolescent service switchboard â 01273 293966 â ask for RU-OK
Talk to Frank offers information for parents worried about their child and demystifying the language around drugs. They also have a useful directory where you can add your town or postcode to find local support.
The Mixâs information about cannabis, including its effects, how to reduce risks and the law.
Marijuana Anonymous (National and Brighton branches) is âa fellowship of people who share our experience, strength, and hope with each other that we may solve our common problem and help others to recover from marijuana addiction.â
East Sussex: Drug & alcohol services for children and young people
Information from the NHS about how to get help with drug addiction
Young Minds information and support for young people about drugs and alcohol.
Read this excellent blog from Youth Worker, Carl Scott, for parents who are worried about their child and cannabis.
⭐️ Join our Raising Teens Facebook group for support from parents, teens and experts
🔉 Listen to Raising Teens: Cannabis on BBC Sounds
This episode explores what effect cannabis is having on some young people today and why so many local young people are using it. We ask what cannabis does to the development of a young personâs brain and what the best way is for a parent to react if their child starts smoking cannabis. Weâll look at whether the use of cannabis increased during lockdown as well as attitudes to cannabis between the generations. With guests Carl Scott, a qualified drug & alcohol support worker, and founder of Project Youth; Luci Hammond, Adolescent Health Worker from RU-OK? (Young peopleâs substance misuse service & sexual health service for Brighton & Hove); and Sergeant Scott Gosling from Sussex Police.
First broadcast on BBC Sussex on 21 February 2022.