Tru Tok: Yumpla go yan abaut alcohol ane drugs - Torres Strait Islander Creole

E important po sabe uda e yuze drugs ane alcohol. We go luk pass wanem ol lie yu mait be lesen abaut alcohol ane drugs, ane spik yu dem prapa facts.

TRU: E mait luk olsem ebribodi e drink or teke drugs prom wanem yu luk lo TV or der lo Internet but e no tru.  Most dem young pipol uda aze blo yu, ol no drink alcohol or smok en dempla no lego drugs.  Ip yu no teki drugs or alcohol den yu part ob da bigger group uda nor tusse dem ting.

70% ob ol Aboriginal ane Torres Strait Islander piknini uda aze prom15-19 years old no bin tusse smok in dempla laip.

TRU: E gad mo Aboriginal ane Tores Stret Ailan big pipol ane young pipol uda no drink alcohol den ol non-Indigenous big pipol ane young pipol.

• Ol spik 27% ob ol Aboriginal ane Torres Strait Ailan young pipol no bin trai alcohol, ane 22% non-Indigenous youth no bin trai em tu.
• Ol spik 31% ob ol Aboriginal ane Torres Strait Ailan big pipol no drink eni alcohol, ane gad 23% ob non-Indigenous pipol no drink.

TRU: Wen yu smok marijuana e slow down brain blo yu en e sainzee spirit blo yu en e mekem harder po tink stret po wanem yu trai po mekem ane ard po mubi bodi blo yu.

Ip yu uzey marijuana ane yu drive car or boat, yu go be 3 taims mo laikly po crash da car or boat ane hurt yuselp or sumwan else apta yu smok marijuana den ip yu bin soba wan.

No piget, marijuana e sainzee da wei yu tink ane act so e mina important po stap saip ane no drive apta yu smok marijuana.

We go luk mo abaut dis in da fact sheets: Cannabis Yarns, Gunja Brain Story

TRU: Yu ken gib up smok eben ip yumpla seya ol smok ebritaim lo wananada, ol smok e no part ob traditional culture blo yumi. Aboriginal culture e mo den 60,000 years old. E be gad some komyunities be kai kai ol plant wanem be gad nicotine inside, but ol Aboriginal ane Torres Strait Islander pipol bin only sabe abaut smok 300-400 years ago.

TRU: Yu ken gib up smok eben ip yumpla seya ol smok ebritaim lo wananada. E mait go be ard po spik no, po smok, wen ebriwan e smok, but e gad plenty ob wei’s po no smok.

Wanem yu ken mekem ip sumbodi e akse yu ip yu wande smok:

 Tok stret. Yu ken spik po dempla wai yu no wande da smok olsem “I e rather uzey my taim po plei sports”

 Meke ol excuse, olsem  “No, I rait, I gad sore throat”

 Uzey ol ‘delay tactics’, po delay dempla, olsem “bumbai bala I go legor wan apta”.

 Repeat yuselp: ip ol kip akse yu, kip spik ‘no’ po dempla, gud wei’s.

 Cruise go nuda wei ip sumbodi e stat po oppa yu smok.

 No puti yuselp wair da situation: Trai no po hang raun ol smokers wen yu trai po gib up smok or yu ken akse ol pipol po trai no smok raun yu.

We go luk mo abaut dis in da fact sheets: Don't Make Smokes Your Story

TRU: Ol reasons por ol Alcohol disorder e diprent po ebribodi whether yu e Indigenous or non-indigenous. Po example, ol pipol mait drink cause dempla e gad problems wair laip blo dempla, or maitbi ol nuda pipol e drink alcohol klostun dempla. We go luk mo abaut dis in da fact sheets abaut ow come ol young indigenous pipol e uzey drugs.

Positive Choices artwork by Jenna Lee (Larrakia artist, Gilimbaa).