contents of this page
- phone services
- websites for young people
- websites for parents
- websites for youth workers & students
- places to get resources
- news articles about drug issues
phone services
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ADIS - Alcohol & Drug Information Service
24 hour confidential telephone service, provides information, counselling, referral and advice to anyone concerned about their own or another's alcohol or other drug use.
(02) 9361 8000 (Sydney) or 1800 422 599 (other areas) -
Family Drug Support
information, help and referral service (24 hour)
(02) 9818 6166 or 1300 368 186 -
Kids Help Line
telephone and email counselling service (24 hour)
1800 55 1800 (tollfree) -
Lifeline
Counselling and information service (24 hour)
13 1114 -
Hep C Helpline
phone information & support service for people affected by hepatitis C - free, confidential and non judgemental
02 9332 1599 (Sydney callers) or 1800 803 990 (outside Sydney)
www.hepatitisc.org.au/contact/helpline.html - web form for email queries
websites for young people
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Reachout
The effects of different drugs, how to minimise the risk in taking them and suggestions on how to cope with a drug problem
www.reachout.com.au - click on sorting stuff out, then alcohol and other drugs -
National Drugs Campaign - Where's your head at?
Information on drugs www.drugs.health.gov.au/youth -
OxyGen
An anti-tobacco website for young people and teachers www.oxygen.org.au -
Play Now/Act Now
A harm minimisation alcohol education project that centres on raising awareness, sharing of information and conveying personal stories, ideas and opinions about the Australian youth drinking culture. Includes video, graphics and creative writing competitions www.playnowactnow.net.au -
The DrugInfo Clearinghouse
Information on a wide range of drugs from the Australian Drug Foundation
www.druginfo.adf.org.au -
Somazone
Created by young people for young people. Personal stories and support on alcohol and other drugs and a range of other issues www.somazone.com.au -
Doing Drugs
Features Triple J's Doing Drugs Forum with Paul Dillon, from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Aimed at people who use or are considering using. Ask questions and/or contribute answers to the posted questions
www2b.abc.net.au/triplej/morning/drugsarchive/ -
Quitline
quit smoking www.quitnow.info.au -
HSPACE
for young people who want to know about Hepatitis C
www.hspace.org.au
websites for Aboriginal young people
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Respect yourself - Respect your culture
Information on drugs, especially for Aboriginal young people
www.drugs.vibe.com.au/drugs/index.asp -
Gooris on the Macleay
A site designed for Aboriginal young people in the Kempsey area. Includes info on drugs www.gotm.com.au
websites for parents
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Family Drug Support
info on Drugs and support for users, families and the community. What sort of help is out there and where to find it
www.fds.org.au -
Talking to teenagers about drugs
Advice for parents about communicating with their teenagers about drug issues:
websites for youth workers & students
See youthwork topics: drugs in the youthwork section for websites for youth workers & students
resources for parents, young people & youth workers for order or purchase
NSW Premier's Department
ph: (02) 9228 3523
web: www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/drugs_action/drugsmrt2.html
The Drug Smart Z Card
Youthsafe
ph: (02) 9809 4615
web: www.youthsafe.org/pubs_resources.html
A variety of resources about safe strategies for young people
NSW Department of Community Services
ph: (02) 9716 2222
web: www.community.nsw.gov.au/html/news_publications/magazines.htm
A parenting magazine that you can download
Centre for Drug & Alcohol
ph: (02) 9816 0452
web: www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/dpb/publications.htm
A number of resources discussing the types of drugs
NSW Health
ph: (02) 9879 0443
email: tobinfo@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
Regarding tobacco smoking and health
NSW Roads and Traffic Authority
ph: 1800 060 607
web: http://rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/drinkdriving/index.html
Driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs
Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing
ph: 1800 020 103 (ext 8654)
web: www.alcohol.gov.au/internet/alcohol/publishing.nsf/Content/resources
Information about alcohol for young people and their parents/guardians
ph: 131 848
web: www.quitnow.info.au/internet/quitnow/publishing.nsf/Content/quitters-booklet
The Quit Book for download or order
ph: (02) 6269 1000
web:http://www.nationaldrugstrategy.gov.au/internet/drugstrategy/publishing.nsf/
Content/publications-lp
Alcohol, drugs and mental health
National Drugs Campaign
ph: 1800 250 015
web: http://www.drugs.health.gov.au/internet/drugs/publishing.nsf/Content/campaign
A number of resources for the National Drugs Campaign
Ted Noffs Foundation
ph: (02) 9310 0133
web: www.noffs.org.au/institute/training/resources
Dealing with situations and behaviours as a result of substance use
Australian Drug Foundation
ph: 1300 858 584
web: http://druginfo.adf.org.au
The characteristics of alcohol and other drugs and dealing with various issues arising from substance use
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
ph: (02) 9385 0333
web: http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/NDARCWeb.nsf/page/Resources
A wide range of information about AOD and situations arising from usage
Streetwize Communications
ph: (02) 9319 0220
web: www.streetwize.com.au/publications_druguse.html
Streetwize magazine
Indent
web: www.indent.net.au
Apply for funding for alcohol free music events
Hepatitis C
www.hepatitisc.org.au/resources.html
A wide variety of free resources on all aspects of hepatitis C.
news articles about drug issues
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Drug warnings take too long: police: Police have admitted their drug-testing system needs improving after it was revealed they took almost three months to warn the public that ecstasy being sold on Sydney streets contained the deadly amphetamine PMA. smh.com.au 6/3/07
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Sniffer dogs 'of little value': Drug sniffer dogs do little to identify drug dealers and often falsely identify people as carrying drugs. smh.com.au 14/9/06 Ombudsman's report nswombudsman.nsw.gov.au 14/9/06
tobacco smoking
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Anti-smoking ads 'may encourage teens': TV ads that tobacco companies say are designed to discourage teenagers from smoking do no such thing, and some may actually encourage youths to smoke smh.com.au 1/11/06
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Fewer students smoke now than in 1986 smh.com.au 22/10/06
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Youth today are quitters: Youth smoking rates in Victoria have fallen to their lowest level in more than 20 years. Uninitiated think it stinks smh.com.au 13/9/06
alcohol
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Concern at rise of alcopops: Ready-to-drink alcoholic drinks, preferred by many teenagers, are growing faster than other alcoholic beverages smh.com.au 26/6/07
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Smoking rates plummet but alcohol a worry smh.com.au 12/4/07
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Laissez-faire parents 'ignorant' on alcohol: Parents who allow their teenage children to drink alcohol are ignorant of the dangers smh.com.au 18/10/06
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AMA calls for warning labels on alcohol: Binge drinking among teenage girls is "worryingly high". smh.com.au 19/9/06
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On the booze: A group of teenage girls from Hornsby produced a DVD about young girls and alcohol. abc.net.au/stateline 1/9/06
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Childhood behaviour can predict teenage binge drinking Melb Uni 28/8/06
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Give me a child until he is ... five: it is possible to predict at age 5 those most likely to be heavy drinkers at age 22. smh.com.au 26/8/06
- Boozy women lower the bar: Far from being a sign of gender equality, binge drinking among young women may have more to do with lack of confidence and a feeling that alcohol makes them more attractive and fun to be with. smh.com.au 6/7/06
cannabis
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Pot not hot: weed losing its cool: Smoking a joint is no longer cool among the young - a new poll, which found one in three regard it as unacceptable. smh.com.au 19/2/07
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Teens at most risk from dope: When tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingredient in cannabis, collides with the growing brain of a teenager the results are dangerously unpredictable. smh.com.au 14/12/06 The report: Where there's smoke: Cannabis & Mental Health (PDF) mhca.org.au 12/06
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Over 30s use marijuana the most: expert: Marijuana use is highest among those aged in their 30s, while teenagers are taking notice of advertising campaigns warning of the drug's harmful effects. smh.com.au 9/7/06
ice & other amphetamines
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Junkies heaviest users of 'ice' drug: Injecting drug users who have turned to the methamphetamine ice were more likely to be heavy, problematic users than those who took ecstasy as well as ice. smh.com.au 3/11/06
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A party in your head, but the clean-up is a real mess: Illegal drug "ice" can have severe, long-term effects on users' brains smh.com.au 28/9/06
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The relationship between methamphetamine use and violent behaviour: Report from Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research & National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC). bocsar 19/10/06
heroin & other injecting drugs
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Alarm at soaring rate of hepatitis: Hepatitis C rates among young Sydney drug users are now among the highest in the world - one in two such users contract the disease each year. smh.com.au 12/2/07
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Heroin-related deaths down: ... and presentations to hospital emergency rooms have dropped dramatically in the past 6 years. smh.com.au 8/10/06
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1700 overdoses that didn't end in death: Kings Cross injecting centre has been saving lives smh.com.au 8/7/06
