It is almost 9.30 p.m. Amid the rattle of coffee cups, a knot of young mums is gathered around the briefcase of simulated drugs exhibits. "I didn't even know what a spliff looked like." "It worries me 'cos you'd never tell one pill from another." "Somebody spiked my drink at a party once and I was really woozy. Get me some of the leaflets, will you?" The group around the display set up by our local alcohol advisory service, Drinksense, is equally animated, debating the marketing strategies which have given us alcoholic lemonade, Shock -a cider in a bottle shaped like a light bulb -and MD 20-20, a grapeflavoured temptation at 13.1 per cent volume.The two of us -educational consultant/exhead teacher and County Adviser for Drugs and Health Education respectively -as well as the community police officer and the local drug agency representative, are engaged in individual conversations with parents seeking specific advice. Another Parents' Drugs Awareness Evening is drawing to a close, one of 90 which was offered in the period up to 31 March 1996.
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