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Karl Lacis

Gases, glue, petrol and propellants - Exploring volatile hydrocarbon inhalant use and ways to respond

by Insight

This presentation will explore the use of volatile hydrocarbons (aerosols, spray paint, glue, petrol) with a focus on their use by young people. It will discuss the range of products available, ways they are used, their effects and risks, as well as ways to respond at both the individual and community level.

Karl Lacis is an Advanced Youth AOD Workforce Educator with Dovetail

 

Links to key resources mentioned in the webinar:

Dovetail’s Inhalant toolkit - Here you will find a collection of resources designed to assist workers and services to effectively respond to young people who use Inhalants. 

Specific resources from the toolkit mentioned in the webinar.

Effective responses to inhalant use

Clinical guidelines for inhalant use

A retailer's response to inhalants

Developing an inhalant use community strategy - International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)

Dignity, Diversion, Home and Hope: a Review of Interventions for Volatile Substance Misuse in Regional North Queensland | NIAA