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Seizures of cocaine, amphetamines and anabolic steroids are the highest on record while cocaine use continues to rise, the Australian Crime Commission reported [The Australian]
What sort of headline is Heroin Addicts Shame and what are the authors, Laurie Nowell and Evonne Barry trying to imply? It appears to be a dig at how much drug treatment for heroin addiction is costing the tax payer [The Australian Heroin Diaries]
Draws on the combined resources, experience and expertise of Australia’s law enforcement community and forensic laboratories to provide a statistical overview of illicit drug arrests, seizures and border detections [Australian Crime Commission]
Against a backdrop of falling overall crime, the latest NSW crime data shows a sharp rise in possession and use of cocaine and ecstasy [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
Hep Chat, an initiative of Hepatitis C Victoria, has been broadcasting on 3CR Radio for over 8 years and is still Australia’s only regular radio program that focuses on hepatitis C and harm reduction [3CR Radio, Australia]
Australia is in a mental health crisis. It’s not impending. It’s here. Government figures show one in four people under 25 will suffer a mental illness [Herald Sun, Australia]
It is estimated that 23% of Australian children live in households where at least one parent has had a mental illness, 13% are exposed to a regular binge drinker, 2.3% live with a daily cannabis user, and 0.8% live with a monthly amphetamine user [COPMI Gems, Australia]
Doctors groups are urging a radical rethink of how opioid drugs are supplied and controlled, amid evidence of a surge in the number of people addicted to prescription painkillers [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
CentreLines is a joint publication from the National Drug Research Institute, Perth and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney. It is published bi-monthly and produced alternately by each centre [NDRI, Australia]
Reading and resource list number 27 is intended as a guide for researchers, educators and other health professionals seeking current evidence based research and information relating to alcohol in general, including books, reports and journal articles [Australian Drug Foundation]
Australian alcohol guidelines: from research to practice [Australian Drug Foundation]
Australian alcohol guidelines: from research to practice [Australian Drug Foundation]
Aim to establish the evidence base for future policies and community materials on reducing the health risks that arise from drinking alcohol [NHMRC, Australian Government]
This suite of resources examines the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol and issues related to communicating these to the wider community [Australian Drug Foundation]
Pubs and clubs across Victoria could face immediate closure for 24 hours if police have “public safety concerns” under tough new laws now in force [The Age, Australia]
Video of conference [Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League]
Video of conference [Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League]
[National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre, Australia]
So it seems Malcolm Turnbull’s Opposition has changed its mind on the alcopops tax, introduced in Parliament in April last year as part of the Government’s plan to reduce teenage binge drinking [The Age, Australia]
It is hard to imagine a more violent place to live than the town camps of Alice Springs. Not only is the violent crime rate probably the nation’s highest — especially the frequency of stabbings and violent assaults on women — but the illicit and endemic alcohol consumption that fuels it goes on largely unchecked [The Age, Australia]
