Other Sources of Help

Talk to Frank

Phone the free, 24 hour confidential helpline on 0800 77 66 00

Email your problem to frank@talktofrank.com

Text FRANK if you are hard of hearing on 0800 917 8765

Frank and the Kent Drug and Alcohol Team www.kdaat.org/yp also have available different language versions of the “Drugs: What every parent should know paper” (Frank) publication is in English, Bengali, Chinese, Gaelic, Gujarati, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu. The paper publication includes the majority of the information available on this website.

Website for drugs information in Northern Ireland
The help section and FAQ’s on this site are particularly useful for parents – the site is run by the Northern Ireland Health Promotion agency. www.nics.gov.uk/drugs

Adfam - Families drugs and alcohol
A charity that looks at the needs of the families, partners and friends of drug users. You can visit their website for information and search the database for local services. Information includes help for parents living with a young person coming off drugs and practical advice for parents including how to tell if your young person has a problem.

Useful publications - These leaflets are all free to order or download:

We are Family
An Action Pack and factsheets with advice and ideas to help families deal with drugs

FRANK for Parents
A leaflet for parents to encourage you to discuss the issue of drugs with your young person and to highlight that FRANK is there to help and provide all the help and advice you need.

A parent's guide to drugs and alcohol
Free to order from the FRANK website.

Hidden Harm 
A publication focusing on children in the UK with a parent, parents or other guardian whose drug use has serious negative consequences for themselves and those around them.

Smells like teen spirit: Talking not taking in the teenage music tribe
Teenagers replied to this survey on how the pressure to ‘fit in’ with friends affects the way they present themselves in terms of implied drugs-misuse – ‘talking, not taking drugs’. It makes interesting reading.