Get Help with Substance Use
If you or someone you care about is struggling with alcohol, cannabis, or other substance use, find the right help.
Alcohol
Party Safer
The Healthy School Department developed the Party Safer- Prom Toolkit, which takes a harm reduction approach to reduce the social and health harms related to alcohol and substance use
Party Safer this Prom!
The Healthy School Department developed the Party Safer- Prom Toolkit, which takes a harm reduction approach to reduce the social and health harms related to alcohol and substance use
Alcohol
It is important for youth to be informed of what is known about the harms alcohol use during adolescence can increase the risk of negative health outcomes and social harm.
What effects does alcohol have on health?
Alcohol is a depressant drug, which can slow down the parts of the brain that affect thinking, behaviour, breathing, and heart rate. Like the body, the human brain is still developing throughout adolescence and early adulthood, generally until about 25 years of age.