Teh One Who Knocks
11-03-2014, 11:49 AM
By Alex Wellman - The Mirror
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A council has come under fire for giving children advice on how to pop pills, snort cocaine and smoke cannabis.
Edinburgh Council has been slatted after it produced a booklet aimed at giving pupils as young as 13 advice on drugs, drinking and sex.
The booklet, called Snapfacts and created with the city's Drug and Alcohol project, gives readers shocking tips on taking drugs including telling people to "wash your nose after each session" when taking cocaine and to "start with half a pill" when taking MDMA.
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Creators have argued that the "non-judgemental" and "accurate" information in the book will help young people make informed choices and keep them safe.
But others have been left stunned by the content, which includes street names for drugs and other tips - such as "take short puffs if inhaling" when discussing cannabis.
Agnes Morrison of the Maxie Richards Foundation, an anti-drugs charity which campaigns for abstinence based treatment of drug abuse and runs a rehab centre for addicts, said: "I don't know why anybody would put out a leaflet telling teenagers the safe way of taking drugs.
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"There is no safe way to take drugs. Drugs destroy people so why would you want to put together a leaflet?
"I've never come across anything like this. I know they are putting them in schools and that there is other educational information in there.
"But a lot of kids who do not know anything about drugs might read it and get the impression that there is a safe way to take drugs.
http://i.imgur.com/Goatxvc.jpg
A council has come under fire for giving children advice on how to pop pills, snort cocaine and smoke cannabis.
Edinburgh Council has been slatted after it produced a booklet aimed at giving pupils as young as 13 advice on drugs, drinking and sex.
The booklet, called Snapfacts and created with the city's Drug and Alcohol project, gives readers shocking tips on taking drugs including telling people to "wash your nose after each session" when taking cocaine and to "start with half a pill" when taking MDMA.
http://i.imgur.com/OYCGokF.jpg
Creators have argued that the "non-judgemental" and "accurate" information in the book will help young people make informed choices and keep them safe.
But others have been left stunned by the content, which includes street names for drugs and other tips - such as "take short puffs if inhaling" when discussing cannabis.
Agnes Morrison of the Maxie Richards Foundation, an anti-drugs charity which campaigns for abstinence based treatment of drug abuse and runs a rehab centre for addicts, said: "I don't know why anybody would put out a leaflet telling teenagers the safe way of taking drugs.
http://i.imgur.com/ZvBacJw.jpg
"There is no safe way to take drugs. Drugs destroy people so why would you want to put together a leaflet?
"I've never come across anything like this. I know they are putting them in schools and that there is other educational information in there.
"But a lot of kids who do not know anything about drugs might read it and get the impression that there is a safe way to take drugs.