Health topic quickview: Drugs and substance abuse
A collection of Drugs and substance abuse-related information in the Health and Ageing website.
Tobacco Control
13 March 2013
Policy and programs to improve the health of all Australians by eliminating or reducing their exposure to tobacco in all its forms.
National Drug Strategy
18 August 2010
Australia's National Drug Strategy 2004-2009 provides a national framework to improve health, social and economic outcomes by preventing the uptake of harmful drug use and reducing the harmful effects of drugs in Australian society.
Program/Initiatives
- 26 Mar 2013Non Government Organisation Treatment Grants Program
- 26 Mar 2013Substance Misuse Service Delivery Grants Fund
- 09 Mar 2011Needle and Syringe Program
- 10 Aug 2010Tobacco
- 10 Aug 2010Framework convention on tobacco control
- 13 Oct 2009National Psychostimulants Initiative
Publications
- 04 Jan 2013Review of methadone treatment in Australia
- 14 Nov 2012Alcohol resources - National Binge Drinking Strategy (Drinking NIghtmare)
- 13 Sep 2011Use of tobacco, alcohol, and over-the-counter and illicit substances among Indigenous students participating in the Australian Secondary Students Alcohol and Drug Survey 2008
- 09 Mar 2011Treatment service users (TSU) project: phase two
- 21 Dec 2010National needle and syringe programs strategic framework 2010-2014
- 07 Oct 2009Return on investment 2: evaluating the cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programs in Australia 2009
- 29 Aug 2009Comorbidity treatment service model evaluation
- 15 Sep 2008National Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Strategy 2008-2011
- 15 Sep 2008National Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Strategy Background Paper: Monograph Series No. 69
- 17 Jun 2008When girls and women sniff
- 17 Jun 2008When boys and men sniff
- 01 Jun 2008A Review of enablers and barriers of Indigenous drug users accessing needle and syringe programs – a report for the COAG Multilateral Group on Needle and Syringe Programs
- 01 Feb 2008Patterns of use and harms associated with specific populations of methamphetamine users in Australia - exploratory research
- 04 Jan 2008Volatile substance misuse: a review of interventions: monograph series no. 65
- 10 May 2006Sniffing and the brain
- 15 Oct 2005Needle and syringe programs: a review of the evidence
- 15 Oct 2005Needle and syringe programs: your questions answered
- 14 Jun 2005Evaluation of national audit of community needle and syringe disposal facilities
- 14 Jun 2005Report on the national audit of community needle and syringe disposal facilities: recommendations
- 14 Jun 2005Report on the national audit of community needle and syringe disposal facilities: legislation and literature review
- 27 Apr 2004Models of intervention and care for psychostimulant users, 2nd edition - monograph series no. 51
- 01 Nov 2003A Brief cognitive behavioural intervention for regular amphetamine users: a treatment guide
- 01 Aug 2003Clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of methadone in the maintenance treatment of opioid dependence: abbreviated version
- 01 Aug 2003Clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of methadone in the maintenance treatment of opioid dependence
- 01 Jan 2003Comorbid mental disorders and substance use disorders: epidemiology, prevention and treatment
- 16 Oct 2002Return on investment in needle and syringe programs in Australia: summary report
- 15 Oct 2002Return on investment in needle and syringe programs in Australia: report
