SAM is a non-judgmental education program based in schools that teaches students how to recognise, prevent and respond to the emergencies that may arise as a result of alcohol and other drug use. 

The SAM program is underpinned by the message ‘look after your mates’, and encourages young people to take responsibility for themselves, their friends and others around them. 

Volunteer peer educators take the students through sessions which cover understanding what a drug is, classifying drugs according to their effects, understanding the risks, recognising an emergency and practical ways to reduce harm.

Since launching in NSW in 1999 the SAM program has also been successfully delivered in SA, QLD, the ACT, the NT and VIC with highly trained young volunteers reaching more than 7000 young people in schools over the past year.

For more information chaeck out: http://www.redcross.org.au/SAM/

email viccommunityprograms@redcross.org.au

or call (03) 8327 7902.