Cocaine and Psychostimulants

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, audulterants and stimulant type NPS.
• Give an overview of the key psychostimulants in use including cocaine, amphetamines, ecstacy 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.