Alcohol and other drugs
Sites
Standards and Legislation
Statistics
Sites
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Alcohol and Drug Information | The USA's National Clearing House for Alcohol & Drug Information |
| Australian Drug Foundation | ADF is an independent, non-profit organisation working to prevent and reduce alcohol & drug problems in the Australian community |
| Australian Drug Information | Part of the Australian Institute of Criminology's site designed to provide accurate information to Australians about drug and alcohol abuse |
| Australian Drug Information Network | Linking people to a comprehensive range of websites and information resources on alcohol and other drugs |
| Australian National Council on Drugs | The ANCD was formed as a concept of partnership between government and non-government in the field of alcohol and other drug services and policy. The Council also represents a partnership of individuals with wide ranging skills, experience and views |
| Better Health Channel - AOD | A wide-ranging health concerns site, including information on alcohol and drugs. Go to the site and click on Site Map to find Alcohol and Drugs |
| Drug-Arm | Excellent Queensland site, exploring all issues relating to drugs. Includes fact sheets, glossary of terms, legal information, drug profiles, full text research papers and a section which outlines various scenarios and case studies, and the management of these cases |
| Drugs & Alcohol in Victoria | Drug information site of the Victorian Government includes information about drugs and drug related services in Victoria as well as links to other relevant sites |
| Drugnet | This site provides information on treatment and research for drug addicts |
| DrugScope | DrugScope is the UK's leading drugs charity and centre of expertise on drugs |
| Family Drug Support | Information for Australian families with an addicted member |
| National Alcohol Campaign | This site contains information for parents, the media, service providers, stakeholders, and communication students. You can also find the various resources for the campaign including publications, downloadable TV commercials and links to other relevant websites. The site also contains information for parents in 16 languages |
| National Drug Strategy | Federal Government initiative: amongst other things, they are responsible for writing the National Drug Strategy Framework, which presents a shared vision and a basis for co-operation and co-ordinated action to reduce the harm caused by drugs |
| Online AOD Handbook | An informative handbook for healthcare workers on problems connected with the abuse of alcohol and other drugs. It has sections on specific drugs. |
| The Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council of South Australia | Provides information on the development of effective programs to reduce harm related to substance misuse in Aboriginal communities. Includes many very useful links to other organisations in this field |
| The Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia | This is the national non-government organisation representing the interests of, and providing a national voice for the people working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol and other drugs |
| Turning Point | Turning Point is a specialist alcohol and other drugs organisation integrating treatment and support services dealing with research, education and training |
| University of NSW National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre | Much information, especially about research initiatives |
Standards and Legislation
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth Government Legislation | All published Commonwealth Acts in full text |
| Queensland Government Legislation | Queensland Acts, subordinate legislation, and Bills as published from 1991 to present in full text |
| Standards Australia | Access selected Australian Standards in full-text. User ID and Password is required and can be obtained from the Library Help Desk or via email |
Statistics
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Australian Bureau of Statistics | AusStats is the Australian Bureau of Statistic's (ABS) web-based information service - providing you with the ABS' full product range online, updated daily |
| Office of Economic and Statistical Research | Access demographic, economic and social data related to Queensland. Contains comparative national and international statistics |
The Liaison Librarians Ramila Chandra & Jean Moetara; update this resource. To report broken links or suggest a site please email us with the details.
This page was last updated at Monday, 01-Jun-2009 13:06:37 EST