UNSW Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and Injecting Drug Use, December 2010
The Consensus Statement identifies key issues and recommendations for action to respond effectively to injecting drug use and HIV. The Reference Group calls on countries to pursue evidence-based strategies that are protective of human rights in order to effectively control the spread of HIV among people who inject drugs and the wider community.
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2008-09: report on the National Minimum Data Set [website]
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Drug treatment Series no. 10. December 2010.
Around 143,000 alcohol and other drug treatment episodes were provided in Australia in 2008-09. More episodes of this treatment were for alcohol than any other drug type, and this proportion has now risen four years in a row. As with previous years, counselling was more prevalent than any other type of treatment. Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2008-09: report on the National Minimum Data Set presents data such as these on publicly funded alcohol and other drug treatment services and their clients.
The following State and Territory NMDS for Alcohol and other Drug treatment Services were released in January 2011;
Drinking patterns in Australia, 2001-2007 [website]
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, December 2010.
This report uses data from the three most recent National Drug Household Surveys to look at trends in alcohol consumption, alcohol-related harm, alcohol beverage of choice, and under-age drinking. Using the 2007 data, the report also explores factors that are associated with short-term risky or high-risk drinking behaviour.
EDRS: Mephedrone use among regular ecstasy consumers in Australia [webpage]
NDARC EDRS Drug Trends Bulletin, University of New South Wales. December 2010
A guide to reviewing and developing alcohol, tobacco and other drug resources for young people [pdf]
Prepared by the Australian Drug Foundation in partnership with the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT and the ACT alcohol, tobacco and other drug sector. December 2010.
This checklist has been developed to help you to determine the quality of an existing resource. When looking at existing resources it’s important to make sure that they contain good quality information in a format that is right for the target audience. is designed to assist you when planning and developing new resources. When developing resources, it is important that you ensure the information is accurate and relevant for the target audience.
IDRS: The health and wellbeing of a group of Tasmanian regular injecting drug users [webpage]
NDARC Drug Trends Bulletin, University of New South Wales. December 2010.
This bulletin aims to provide an overview of the general health and wellbeing of participants in the 2010 IDRS study from Hobart, Tasmania. It will also examine the differences between two sub-samples of this group - one experiencing poor health and wellbeing, and a second experiencing better health and wellbeing.
Issues for the Safety and Wellbeing of Children in Families With Multiple and Complex problems: The co-occurrence of domestic violence, Parental Substance Misuse, and Mental Health Problems [website]
NCPC Issues no. 33. National Child protection Clearinghouse, December 2010.
This paper investigates the separate impacts of parental substance misuse, domestic violence and parental mental health problems. It presents evidence regarding the extent to which these problems co-occur and a discussion of the wider context of exclusion and disadvantage, its causes and its consequences.
The Role of VET in Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Development [webpage]
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, December 2010.
This new NCETA report examines the role of vocational education and training (VET) in addressing the workforce development needs of the alcohol and other drugs sector of the health and community services industries. It pays specific attention to AOD managers' levels of satisfaction with VET training and also addresses the crucial issue of minimum qualifications.
Alcohol and psycho-stimulant use [pdf]
Crime and Justice Statistics Bureau brief, no. 53. NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research , Released January 2011.
Aim: The aim of this paper is to examine what proportion of current alcohol consumers are also current consumers of psycho-stimulants in the Australian population.
Method: Using population survey data obtained from the 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, this brief considers the proportion of alcohol drinkers who report recent consumption of amphetamines and cocaine.
Results: Among the sample of survey respondents 18 years and over results showed that the level of psychostimulant use was low among the population of alcohol consumers. This finding was evident even among those drinkers who reported drinking most frequently and in the most risky manner. For those respondents estimated to be at the highest risk for alcohol-related harm, only 12.9 per cent reported use of amphetamines and 8.6 per cent reported use of cocaine in the 12 months prior to the survey.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that in the general population, concurrent use of alcohol and psycho-stimulants is likely to be low.
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