1. Austin Smith Policy & Practice Officer

2. Greater Glasgow & Clyde Legal Highs Monitoring Group Representatives from – Police Health Addiction Services Scottish Drugs Forum…

3. GGCLHMG Survey June 2010 Link to web-based survey tool Surveymonkey sent to identified stakeholders across Health Board area

4. Responses 124 responses %ge return ?

5. Types of service … Community-based / Addiction services / community addiction team x 35 Acute services / Accident and Emergency x 15 Police x 10 Housing and homelessness services x 11 Education & awareness service x 5 community rehabilitation x 5 Service users group x 3 Befriending Service alcohol Residential drug / alcohol service x 2 out of hours service x 2 Criminal Justice Social Work Employment / Employability service Health Improvement Local Councillor Criminal Justice Social Work Young People Services x 3 Children and Families Social Work Service x 2 Needle Exchange

6. Are you aware of the use of current or former legal highs within your geographical area?

7. Age range of people using these substances

8. Also using illegal substances?

9. Which substances being used?

10. Other substances? NRG1 x 5 meow meow x 2 magic mushrooms BK - MBDB Butylone GHB

11. Sources of legal highs

12. Is use problematic?

13. Problems resulting from use… hospitalisation / attendance at A&E x 12 polydrug use (including legal and illegal substances) x 7 violence and injury (including self harm) x 5 hallucination x 3 mental health issues x 3 developing a craving for MCAT use leads to risky behaviour

14. Use with alcohol

15. Use with other drugs

16. Substances legal highs used with… Cannabis x 7 Cocaine x 6 Heroin x 4 Ecstasy x 4 Diazepam x 3 Alcohol x 3 Amphetamine x 2 Stimulants x 2 Depressants Hallucinogens

17. other questions… Postcode Contact legal highs service users for focus group Interested in keeping in touch on this issue Like to know more Contact details

18. Issues in establishing a monitoring group Motivations & aims Identifying stakeholders Resources Co-ordination