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Out of our mouths, not out of our heads. A report on drugs and drug use in West Belfast, 1996

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This survey was carried out in West Belfast in December 1995 among 123 young people aged between 16-19 years. It was carried out through a postal survey and, at a later stage, individual and group interviews.

Main findings

  • 86% of respondents said they had been offered drugs;
  • 12% of these said they were regular users;
  • 34% of respondents said they had been offered but had never used;
  • the most popular drugs were found to be cannabis, Ecstasy and LSD.
Reference
  1. The West Belfast Young People's Research Group, West Belfast Economic Forum. Out of our mouths, not out of our heads. Save the Children, 1996.
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Drugs

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    • Drugs: Northern Ireland regional surveys
    • Drugs: Northern Ireland local surveys
      • Self-reported drug use by young people in the Omagh district, 2001
      • Someone who knows. Views and experiences of drug services in the Western Health and Social Services Board area: Young people and professionals.
      • Drugs: the experience. A study of drug use among teenagers and young adults
      • The Youth Development Study. A five year research initiative by the Centre for Child Care Research, QUB
      • Action on Substances through Community Education and Related Training (ASCERT) (Lisburn)
      • Belfast Community Addiction Service audit of opiate users, 2000
      • The perceptions and aspirations illicit drug users hold toward healthcare staff and the care they receive, 2000
      • The Know Drugs Survey. A survey into drug use among young people in the Dungannon and Cookstown areas, 2000
      • Heroes and Villains
      • The chill out room, 1997
      • The craic's great, 1996.
      • Ballymena Youth Council survey
      • Drug Research Forum
      • Omagh post-primary schools supplementary survey, 1996
      • Crisis or crossroads? Drug misuse in West Belfast, 1996
      • Young people's health and social needs in the Northern Health and Social Services Board area, 1996
      • Out of our mouths, not out of our heads. A report on drugs and drug use in West Belfast, 1996
      • Illicit drug use among young people in Dungannon, 1995
      • Coleraine Safer Towns survey, 1995
      • Lisburn Safer Towns survey, 1994
      • Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967
      • Southern Health and Social Services Board survey into illicit drug use, 1993
      • Misuse of illicit drugs among 14-17 year olds from North and West Belfast, 1992
      • Omagh post-primary schools survey, 1995
    • Drug use in Great Britain
    • Drug use in the Republic of Ireland
    • Drug use in Europe
  • Facts about drugs
  • The effects and impacts of drugs
  • Preventing and reducing drug-related harm
  • Policy
  • Theories of drug use
  • Drugs and the law in Northern Ireland
  • Topics of interest

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