Wanted: Anti-drugs posters

edwardmluk

Sorry, I wasn't sure where to post this (in freebies or I want to buy it). I'm looking for some drug awareness posters (size A3 or larger). If anyone can point me in the direction of charities etc when I can get some that'd be really helpful.

Thanks

Ed

Happy_shopper

I've searched quickly via google - the FRANK site (www.talktofrank.com) sends out free leaflets (direct link: http://ddshl.broadsystem.com/freeleaflets.aspx ) but it doesn't say anything about free posters. They could be useful people to contact though...?

DUKE

The Devil
Beware my friend, my name is King Heroin
Known to all as the destroyer of men
Where first I was born no one knows
But I came from the land where the poppy grows.
I’m a world of power, and you know it too
Use me once and you’ll know it’s true
I entered the country without a passport
Ever since then I’ve been hunted and sought
By addicts and pushers and plain-clothed dicks
But mostly by junkies who want a quick fix.
The little brown grains are nothing but waste
It’s soft and deadly, so bitter to taste
It makes schoolboys forget their books
And makes a world of beauty, forget her good looks
It’ll cause a good man to cast out his good wife
And send the greedy pusher to prison for life.
I’m the King of Crime and the Prince of corruption
I’ll capture your soul, and cause your destruction
I’m not just a King, but a god to behold
Most treasured than diamonds, more precious than gold.
If you wish to hear more of the things that I can do
Of the men that I’ve delighted and women that I slew
I’ll make a man shabby that once dressed so nice
And all the girls that use me turn to vice
I’ll control your mind, then your whole brain
With a full force of torment, first pleasure then pain.
After the fuzz have taken you under their wing,
They did it to defy me – for I am King,
The nights you’ll toss turn and won’t sleep
You rise in the morning, so humble and weak
You’ll be hot then cold and vomit and cough
After ten days, you might throw me off.
You’ll curse my name and down me in speech
But you’ll pick me up again, if I’m within reach
And nights when you lie awake planning your fate
You’ll know that I’m waiting just outside the gate.
I gave you a warning, you didn’t take heed
So put your feet in the stirrups and mount my steed
Put your foot in the stirrup and ride me well
For the white horse of heroin will ride you to hell!

The Green (Anon)

DUKE

Don't know if that's any use to you Ed - I came across it some years ago whilst doing a placement at HMP Winson Green. Perhaps you could print it off and make a poster - I did one with a brick wall background. It's something that's always stuck in my mind - good luck with your work.

edwardmluk

I've just emailed Talk to Frank about posters. I also found a UK charity Hope UK and emailed them to see if they had anything. Keep it up guys.

youngie

have you tried your local doctors surgery they maybe able to give you some contacts

amandada

Your local health trust is likely to have a Health Promotion Unit, they're great for resources like it sounds like you're looking for

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