Drug & Alcohol Recovery and Education Centre

"Turning Lives Around"

Drug Information

EFFECTS OF DRUGS

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The experience that a person has when using alcohol or other drugs will be affected by the:

  • Individual: Mood, physical size, gender, personality, expectations of the drug, whether the person has food in his/her stomach and whether other drugs have been taken.
  • Drug: The amount used, how it is used and the strength and purity of the drug.
  • Environment: Whether the person is using it with friends, on his/her own, in a social setting or at home, at work, before or while driving.

Watershed acknowledges the traditional custodians of country and their continuing connection to land, culture and community. We pay our respects to elders past, present and future.

Watershed holds accreditation with the Australian Council on Health Care Standards (ACHS).

Formerly: Wollongong Crisis Centre

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