Other Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Specific Websites
Alcohol
- Alcohol and Drug Council of Australia
- Australian Lions Drug Awareness Foundation
- Australian Sports Drugs Agency
- Centre for Education and Information on Drugs and Alcohol
- Department of Families, Youth and Community Care : Alcohol and Drugs
- National Health Priorities and Quality
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
Tobacco
- Action on Smoking (ASH)
- Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH)
- CDC’s Tips: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
- National Health Priorities and Quality
- National Youth Smoking Website
- Quit Victoria
- The Whole Truth
- The OxyGen Website
Drugs
Alcohol
Alcohol and Drug Council of Australia
Contains a national and international listserver of alcohol and other drug
workers who receive daily updates on alcohol and other drug issues.
Website: http://www.adca.org.au/
Australian Lions Drug Awareness Foundation
Australian Lions take an active role in community drug issues and awareness
through their 1300 service clubs throughout Australia.
Website: http://www.lionsclubs.org.au/aldaf
Australian Sports Drugs Agency
The Australian Sports Drug Agency (ASDA) delivers a comprehensive anti-doping
program, which includes drug testing, education, policy advice and advocacy
Website: http://www.asda.org.au
Centre for Education and Information on Drugs
and Alcohol
Creating successful partnerships in innovative information exchange and education
provision on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and the related areas of HIV
and other blood-borne infections. Contains the latest alcohol and other drug
resources, information on training courses and conference updates.
Website: http://www.swsahs.nsw.gov.au/areaser/Midas/CEIDA.asp
Department of Families, Youth and Community Care : Alcohol and Drugs
Website: http://www.families.qld.gov.au/youth
National Health Priorities and Quality
Published by the Commonwealth Department
of Health and Ageing. The National priorities are: asthma, cancer, cardiovascular
health, diabetes, injury prevention, mental health, and arthritis and musculoskeletal
conditions.
Website: http://www.health.gov.au/pq/index.htm
National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDA's mission is to lead the nation in bringing the power of science to bear
on drug abuse and addiction
Website: http://www.nida.nih.gov/
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
Drug Information (NCADI)
This site is the information service of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. NCADI is the world’s largest
resource for current information and materials concerning substance abuse.
Website: http://www.health.org/
Tobacco
Action on Smoking (ASH)
ASH Australia is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation dedicated to reducing
tobacco diseases, disability and premature deaths caused by tobacco products.
The focus is on winning bipartisan political support for tobacco reform.
ASH, supported by the NSW Cancer Council and the National Heart Foundation needs a broad support base to counter the powerful influence of the tobacco companies.
Website: http://www.ashaust.org.au
Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH)
Provides good information from a non-Government, lobbying perspective. There are also good
fact sheets on smoking issues.
Website:http://www.acosh.org
CDC’s Tips: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
National Health Priorities and Quality
Published by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. The National
priorities are: asthma, cancer, cardiovascular health, diabetes, injury prevention,
mental health, and arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions.
Website: http://www.health.gov.au/pq/index.htm
National Youth Smoking Website
Provides information from the very successful Western Australian and South
Australian youth anti-smoking campaigns. It was developed closely with young people
Website: http://www.oxygen.org.au
Quit Victoria
The site contains comprehensive information on tobacco control for students
and health professionals. The very informative and useful publication “Tobacco
In Australia: Facts and Issues” is on the site.
Website: http://www.quit.org.au
The Whole Truth
A US website developed by young people dedicated to pulling back the curtain
and revealing the decades of misleading and deceptive practices of an industry
selling a deadly, addictive product.
Website: http://www.thetruth.com/
The OxyGen web site was created and funded by Quit South Australia, Smarter than Smoking
Project (Western Australia), and Quit Victoria.
The purpose of this site is to:
- Promote and encourage healthy lifestyle choices
- Provide information on the impact of tobacco.
Website: http://www.oxygen.org.au/
Drugs
Australian Drug Foundation
The Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) is an independent, non-profit organisation
working to prevent and reduce alcohol and drug problems in the Australian
community.
Website: http://www.adf.org.au/
New South Wales Drug Info
DrugInfo is the NSW Government drug information website. The site is a page
to information about illicit drugs. It also looks at programs and measures
the NSW Government and the community are taking to address drug problems.
Website: http://www.druginfo.nsw.gov.au
Western Australia Government Drugs site
A youth specific website developed by the West Australian Government around
a range of youth issues.
Website: http://www.dotu.wa.gov.au/drugs/index.html
This page last updated:
13 December, 2005
Review date: July 2006
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