Cocaine and Psychostimulants

This interactive online training aims to increase awareness, knowledge and provides an opportunity to explore current and emerging trends with psychostimulants. Harm reduction and support strategies will be explored.

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Learning Outcomes

By the end of the session participants will be able to:

• Recall the current trends and emerging trends with psychostimulants including increases to purity, adulterants, and stimulant type NPS.
• Give an overview of the key psychostimulants in use including cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy, and stimulant type NPS.
• Identify recreational and problematic psychostimulant use.
• Recognise the signs and symptoms of stimulant related overdose and identify how to respond.
• Identify effective strategies and techniques for working with psychostimulant users including harm reduction and sleep management.