ACAS

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1.1 - What is Substance Use?

Reflection Exercise 1.1

1.2.1 - Why Do People Use Substances?

1.2.2 - Ted Talk: Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong

Reflection Exercise 1.2

1.3.1 - The Spectrum of Substance Use

1.3.2 - The Spectrum of Substance Use: A Graphic Representation

Reflection Exercise 1.3

End of Chapter 1

Introduction

2.1 - Substance Use and the Asian Community - A Super Brief History

2.2 - Substance Use in the Asian Community

Reflection Exercise 2.2

2.3 - Social Determinants of Health, Oppression, and Substance Use

Reflection Exercise 2.3

End of Chapter 2 & Additional Resources

Introduction

3.1 - The Drugs Wheel

The Drugs Wheel

3.2 - Cannabis

Quiz 3.2

3.3 - Methamphetamine

Quiz 3.3

3.4 - MDMA

Quiz 3.4

3.5 - Psilocybin

Quiz 3.5

3.6 - Fentanyl

Quiz 3.6

End of Chapter 3 & Additional Resources

Introduction

4.1 - Potential Harms Associated with Substance Use

4.2 - Stigma and Discrimination

Reflection Exercise 4.2

End of Chapter 4 & Additional Resources

Introduction

5.1 - Prohibition and Criminalisation of Substance Use

5.2 - The Harm Reduction Approach Towards Substance Use

Reflection Exercise 5.2

End of Chapter 5 & Additional Resources

Introduction

6.1 - Responding to an Overdose or Poisoning

5 Step Overdose Response & Link to the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act

6.2 - How to Administer Naloxone

Additional Resources on Administering Naloxone

Quiz 6.2

6.3 - Supporting a Friend Who is Using Substances

End of Chapter 6