Plans and strategies
Our 10-year National Drug Strategy guides all our work to prevent and reduce drug-related harm in Australia. There are several sub-strategies that focus on specific issues related to drugs.
- Evaluation of the National Ice Action Strategy (NIAS)
- National Alcohol and other Drug Workforce Development Strategy 2015–2018
- National Ice Action Strategy 2015
Research and data
We provide funding to research centres to make sure we have the data we need to make better decisions.
- National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA)
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
- National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
- Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (CYSAR)
- National Clinical Centre for Research of Emerging Drugs (NCCRED)
- Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia annual report
- Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs in Australia report
- Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs in Australia report – ambulance attendances
- National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2022–2023
- National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection
We also fund the Australian School Students Alcohol and Drug (ASSAD) survey. This survey is run every 3 years by Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer. You can read the most recent Australian secondary school students alcohol and drug survey.
Initiatives and programs
Our initiatives and programs target different needs in the community.
- National Alcohol and Other Drugs Hotline
- Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre initiative
- ASSIST (Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test) initiative
- Local Drug Action Team Program initiative
- Positive Choices initiative
Other work
Australia also cooperates with international organisations to combat drug abuse and trafficking.
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