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These once confidential internal documents provide new evidence on the drinks industry’s concerns about possible alcohol control measures and the strategies used to help overcome these concerns. These document findings justify the public health community’s cynicism about the alcohol industry… [Australian Medical Journal]
For many Australian drug users, the criminalisation of drugs continues to create significant misery [The Age, Australia]
It’s not Suzanne’s fault that she became addicted to heroin at 16. For a while it numbed the emotional pain of the abuse she suffered as a ward of the state. Four years later, she uses heroin three times a day just to feel normal [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
This study shows that frequent bingeing is associated with reduced earnings whilst non bingers and occasional bingers earn a positive premium over abstainers [Monash University, Centre for Health Economics, Australia]
The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing funded the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) to develop guidelines on the management of co-occurring mental health conditions in alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment settings {NB. Long download on pdf} [NDARC, Australia]
As well as highlighting relevant research publications that have been recently published, it examines some of the cannabis-related media stories that have attracted attention each month, as well as providing some information on ‘hot topics’ such as cannabis potency [National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre, Australia]
The end of the year can be a time of fun, socialising and relaxation, but it can also be a time for over-indulgence. This alert gives some key tips and useful resources for staying safe during the “silly season” [Australian Drug Foundation]
Charlie, my 10-year-old son, has a drug problem. Since he started drug education classes at school a few weeks ago, he keeps peppering me with questions about marijuana, cocaine and ice [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
Doctors are concerned about a new push for hospital staff to test all people injured in road accidents for drugs, so they can report the results to police [The Age, Australia]
The Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) was established by the Prime Minister in 1998 as a part of the Australian Government’s response to reduce the uptake and use of drugs and the harm it causes in our community [Australian National Council on Drugs]
Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) president Mason Stevenson says there are significant problems of substance abuse and mental health within the defence force – but the issue has fallen off the national agenda [ABC News, Australia]
The Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, has rejected a call from the Prime Minister’s advisory body on drugs to consider lifting the drinking age [The Age, Australia]
The seven years immediately after a child reaches puberty mark a developmental crunch time, when the brain is both extremely susceptible to damage from drugs and alcohol and six times more likely than an adult’s to develop an addiction [The Australian]
The global alcohol company Diageo will use a new portfolio of premium spirit brands and the rising popularity of cocktails to boost its earnings in Australia after the introduction of the alcopops tax and shifting consumer tastes slashed local profits by 25 per cent [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
The Hep C Review magazine is published every three months and provides news, information, posters, opinion and referrals [Hepatitis C Council of NSW, Australia]
DrinkWise, he pointed out, was fully funded by the alcohol industry. Half its board were drinks industry leaders (including the chief executive of Foster’s and managing director of Lion Nathan). Like America’s International Centre for Alcohol Policies, and Drinkaware in Britain, argued Daube, the organisation was a cynical decoy used by the industry to deflect criticism [The Age, Australia]
Brian ‘‘Coxy’‘ Cox brings new meaning to the worn-out term ‘‘Aussie battler’‘. The tough-talking, 69-year-old recovering alcoholic with 20 years’ sobriety under his belt has worked around the clock for 17 years to help alcoholics with nowhere else to turn [The Age, Australia]
Gregor Salmon, author of ‘Poppy’, discusses the situation in Afghanistan {9’56”) [You Tube]
Life, death and addiction inside Afghanistan’s opium trade. Only available in Australia at present – you can get in bookshops – this is A MUST READ {DD Editor} [Random House, Australia]
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common condition that has been defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) as a pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity symptoms that persist for at least 6 months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level [The Royal Australasian College of Physicians]
