Beyond The Blue Training & Consultancy

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Our focus is on how we can change attitudes and views to ensure that clients gain an effective advantage. We provide them with skills, knowledge, confidence and perspective to help them manage in a more positive and professional manner.

Monday 29 September 2008

Drawing the line



Title – Drawing the lineSource – The London Paper
Date – 29th September 2008

Just in case anyone was in any doubt (usually we call this denial when we address the actual drug user) cocaine is not very good for you. users will tell you their habit is under control and that they do it because they enjoy it. Now find me an ex cocaine user who thinks taking cocaine was a good idea or find a long time cocaine user who in hindsight thinks they had their use under control; it is very rare and generally these are the same people who like addicted gamblers, will only ever recount the good experiences they had on cocaine and seem to conveniently forget the bad ones.

But our role is not to lecture to drug users; our role is to help businesses, organisations and employers who suffer as a result of drug taking amongst their staff or in the working environment. Especially those people who have to work directly with the public and in areas associated with drug use such as the Licensed Retail Sector.

In order to inform those candidates attending our courses, we demonstrate the effects drugs have on people so that they can be easily identified, we demonstrate what drugs and drug litter actually looks like through our placebo drugs kits and we examine the effects of drugs and the dangers. Candidates can use this information when dealing with drug users enabling them to act more safely and proactively in enforcing zero tolerance policies.

This article not only shows the terrible effects cocaine can have on the human body, but what harmful substances are ‘cut’ with cocaine to increase the mark-up of the dealers. It never ceases to amaze me that people have any trust in dealers or believe that they have any morals. By their nature they are criminals, so why would you believe them when they tell you a drug they are selling you is pure or clean. They are killing you anyway, so why would they care what they cut into your ‘coke’?

At Beyond The Blue we run bespoke drugs awareness courses as well as industry specific courses such as the National Certificate for Licensees – Drugs Awareness (NCLDA). Several of our other courses also contain details sessions on drugs awareness including the National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS) and In-House Security Induction (IHSI). Some of our current clients ask us to add specific drugs awareness sessions into existing courses such as the Award in Responsible Alcohol Retailing (ARAR) to turn what is usually a half day course into a full day course.

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