ADIS: Alcohol & Drug Information Service: Toll-free 1800 198 024
FAMILY DRUG SUPPORT HOTLINE:
www.fds.org.au Phone
1300 368 186
A 24 hour telephone support service for families needing help with
matters involving drug use.
KIDS
HELP LINE:
www.kidshelp.com.au Phone 1800-55-1800
A national 24 hour telephone counseling service for children and young
people in Australia.
LIFELINE: www.lifeline.org.au Phone 131 114
New South Wales Users and Aids Association (NUAA) offers advice and information on injecting practices and safe drug use, and on living with HIV/AIDS: (02) 9369 3455.
The Hepatitis C Council of New South Wales: (02) 9332 1599, or freecall 1800 803 990.
AIDS Information Hotline: 9332 4000 or 1800 451 600.
WAYSIDE CHAPEL CRISIS CENTRE: Phone (02) 9358-6577
www.adca.org.au Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia's excellent drugs database, links to conferences and information on drug action week.
www.adf.org.au Australian Drug Foundation's web site has drug facts, advice and resources for students, teachers and families.
www.adfq.org Alcohol and Drug Foundation-Queensland site with "Drugs in Society" journal, Drug Watch news and The Natural High Alternative for students.
www.aihw.gov.au The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information.
www.ancd.org.au The Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) is the principal advisory body to Government on drug policy and plays a critical role in ensuring the voice of the community is heard in relation to drug related policies and strategies.
www.ashaust.org.au Smoking is Australia's no.1 preventable health problem. Each year it kills more than 19,000 people and costs the nation $21 billion in health and social costs. ASH aims to reduce smoking rates to 10% or less by 2010.
www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/centre/ndri The National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at Curtin University of Technology in Perth is a vital part of the national strategy to address the harm arising from drug use in Australia.
http://www.dao.health.wa.gov.au W.A. Drug Abuse Strategy Office site has resources, statistics and programs for parents, families, teachers and community action.
www.drugarm.org.au/main_index/a-z_frame.htm Drug-Arm's web site has an excellent A-Z of alcohol and other drugs, plus a photo gallery to help identify each drug.
www.druginfo.adf.org.au As a clearinghouse, DrugInfo collects, interprets and disseminates information on drug prevention.
www.druginfo.nsw.gov.au The NSW Government drug information website links you to a wide range of web information sources on illicit drugs.
www.drugs.vic.gov.au This website contains useful information about drugs for a various range of people, including drug users, families, friends or anyone who is affected by drugs or wants to learn more about the harms of drugs.
www.edfac.usyd.edu.au/centres/healthed/ The Health Education Unit is a resource and education centre with a primary focus on the prevention of drug-related harm amongst young people. It is administered by the University of Sydney.
www.edna.edu.au Australia's gateway to resources and services for education and training includes learning quests related to Health and Physical Education.
www.eharold.net Healthy Harold and his Friends cyber adventures for 5 - 12 year olds! Games, competitions, puzzles, clubhouse and loads more!
www.environment.gov.au/ozglobe/ausglobe.html Globe Australia is part of The Globe Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) linking students, teachers, schools and scientists for global environmental understanding using science and mathematics for global environmental understanding.
www.fds.org.au Family Drug Support offers 24 hour counseling and other support services to families with drug-related problems.
www.healthinsite.gov.au HealthInsite includes a wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma.
www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/publicat Commonwealth Health's index of drug-related and other health publications, many in PDF format for downloading.
www.health.nsw.gov.au/living/drug.html NSW Health's site has an A-Z of common health issues including alcohol and other drugs, including a party guide for parents of teenagers.
www.healthstar.com.au Meet the Healfys! And go to a party with them. Join the Editorial Team and win prizes. Lots to do and learn along the way, with games, a club, and health info for teens, parents and teachers.
www.kidshelp.com.au A national 24 hour telephone counseling service for children and young people in Australia, includes web counseling, fun links and games.
www.mdecc.org.au Manly Drug Education and Counseling Centre regularly conducts Drugs and Community Action Forums. The forums identify local issues and needs, and assist to develop recommendations for projects to be implemented in specific communities.
www.nada.org.au The Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies Inc (NADA) is the peak representative organisation for the alcohol and drug non-government sector throughout NSW and is funded by NSW Health.
www.nationalalcoholcampaign.health.gov.au Commonwealth Health's National Alcohol Campaign website includes information for families.
www.nationaldrugstrategy.gov.au Each year the use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs accounts for more than one in six deaths, more than 175 000 hospitalisations and enormous economic costs to the health care system, law enforcement and private industry in Australia.
www.nceta.flinders.edu.au NCETA, in partnership between Flinders University, the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing and the Drug and Alcohol Services Council of South Australia (DASC), investigates workforce development in the D& A field.
www.noffs.org.au The Ted Noffs Foundation provides essential services for young people and their families who are experiencing drug and alcohol problems and related trauma.
ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/ndarc.nsf The overall mission of NDARC is: by research and related activities to contribute to the minimisation of the harmful consequences of alcohol and other drugs use in Australia by increasing the effectiveness of the Australian treatment response to drug-related problems.
www.oxygen.org.au The OxyGen web site was created and funded by Quit SA, Smarter than Smoking Project (WA), and Quit Victoria. The site promotes and encourages healthy lifestyle choices while providing information on the impact of tobacco.
www.quit.org.au Quit is a program housed within The Cancer Council Victoria. Quit runs campaigns to encourage quitting and raise the awareness of other tobacco related issues.
www.rch.org.au/cah/index.cfm?doc_id=833 The Centre for Adolescent Health, Melbourne, provides education, training and research in adolescent health issues, and Australia's first Graduate Diploma in Adolescent Health and Welfare.
www.reachout.asn.au Inspire Foundation's resource for young people going through tough times: help, info and entertainment for young people; help kit; ideas and magazine for families concerned about a young person.
www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/wellbeing/index.htm Victorian Department of Education provides information and resources for teachers and students in the area of Student Welfare.
www.tobaccoreforms.vic.gov.au Victorian Government Tobacco Reforms.
www.turningpoint.org.au Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre's web site for teachers, health professionals: education and training; clinical services and research.
www.wanada.org.au WANADA is the peak body for the alcohol and other drug (AOD) education, prevention, treatment and support sector in Western Australia.
www.ysas.org.au YSAS provides drug and alcohol services for people aged between 12 and 21 who are experiencing significant problems related to their drug use.
www.alchemy.net The alcoholism and addiction treatment, prevention and recovery portal.
www.alcohol.org.nz Alcohol Advisory Council NZ's web site has alcohol facts; school resources; special sections on kids, older people. women and alcohol; parent info; true stories and more with comprehensive international links.
www.health.org US National Clearing House for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI:PREVLINE, databases, research briefs, alcohol and drug facts, newsroom, on-line catalogue, forums etc.
www.ias.org.uk The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) is an educational body with the basic aims of increasing knowledge of alcohol and the social and health consequences of its misuse, and encouraging and supporting the adoption of effective measures for the management and prevention of alcohol-related problems.
www.lindesmith.org The Drug Policy Alliance is the U.S.A's leading organization working to end the war on drugs.
www.mapinc.org/drugnews A worldwide network dedicated to drug policy reform.
www.drugabuse.gov/MOM/MOMIndex.html This series is designed to encourage young people in grades five through nine to learn about the effects of drug abuse on the body and the brain.
ncadi.samhsa.gov SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the U.S.A's one-stop resource for information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment.
www.sarasquest.org Sara Bellum's web site exploring the brain's response to drugs, in Mind Over Matter looks at the effects of drugs such as Marijuana, Steroids, and others.
www.smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu This award winning web site opens secret industry files, names names, and gives you all the facts you need to protect yourself, your family, and your community against this solidly-documented, deadly assault on a rising generation worldwide.
www.substancemisuse.net This site aims to raise awareness and understanding of substance misuse, the problems it creates and the ways to deal with these problems. Its ezine, Daily Dose is a portal for news on drug and alcohol misuse with links to material from around the world.
tc.bmjjournals.com
The journal studies the nature and consequences of tobacco use
worldwide, the effect of tobacco use on health, the economy, the
environment and society, the efforts of the health community and health
advocates to prevent and control tobacco use and the activities of the
tobacco industry and its allies to promote tobacco use.
www.theantidrug.com Lots of advice for parents, like, "Ever tried role playing with your kids? Teach your children to assert their independence and to reject risky choices."
www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/index.html Drug fact sheets, news and drug data from US Office of National Drug Control Policy.
www.who.int/tobacco/en The Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) is a WHO cabinet project created to focus international attention, resources and action on the global tobacco pandemic that kills 4.9 million people a year today.
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