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health topics: alcohol and other drugs

 

Title	Drugs - get the facts
Publisher	Department of Human Services
Description	Information regarding types of drugs and what to do if your child is using them.
Date	undated
Languages	English	Greek	Somali	Turkish
	Arabic	Khmer	Spanish	Vietnamese
	Chinese	Macedonian
Title	Drugs and their effects
Publisher	Australian Drug Foundation
Description	General drug information for the whole community. Includes common drug terms; drugs and their effects; why do people use drugs? how do drugs affect a person? what problems can drug use cause? drugs and the law; what is being done to prevent the harms associated with drug use?
Date	2005
Languages	English	Arabic	Farsi	Tigrinya
	Albanian	Chinese	Somali	Vietnamese
	Amharic	Dari
Title	Ecstasy - understanding the risks
Publisher	NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description	Information about the illegal drug ecstasy, including its effects and how to reduce harm caused by its use.
Date	2000
Languages	English	Italian	Macedonian	Spanish
	Arabic	Khmer	Portuguese	Thai
	Chinese	Korean	Russian	Turkish
	Croatian	Lao	Serbian	Vietnamese
	Greek
Title	Family Matters: how to approach drug issues in your family
Publisher	Community Builders NSW
Description	Information to help parents answer questions when talking to their children about drugs.
Date	undated
Languages	English	Croatian	Macedonian	Spanish
	Arabic	Khmer	Punjabi	Thai
	Bosnian	Korean	Russian	Turkish
	Chinese	Lao	Serbian	Vietnamese
Title	Khat
Publisher	Australian Drug Foundation
Description	Information about Khat, its effects and how to minimise the harm caused by its use.
Date	2005
Languages	English	Amharic	Oromo	Somali
Title	National Drugs Campaign
Publisher	Department of Health and Ageing
Description	Information about the campaign, campaign materials, information on drugs and assistance available for drug-related, mental health or other problems.
Date	undated
Languages	English	Greek	Korean	Serbian
	Arabic	Indonesian	Macedonian	Spanish
	Bosnian	Italian	Persian	Turkish
	Chinese	Khmer	Russian	Vietnamese
	Croatian
Title	Safe retrieval and disposal of needles and syringes
Publisher	Department of Human Services
Description	Information on where and how to dispose of syringes and what to do if you get a needle stick injury.
Date	2003
Languages	English	Chinese	Somali	Thai
	Amharic	Khmer	Spanish	Tigrinya
	Arabic	Macedonian	Turkish	Vietnamese
Title	Want to quit smoking? Here's how …(pamphlet 1)
Publisher	Quit Victoria
Description	Helpful hints on how to quit.
Date	2005
Languages	English	Greek	Korean	Turkish
	Arabic	Italian	Spanish	Vietnamese
	Chinese
Title	Want to quit smoking? Here's how …(pamphlet 2)
Publisher	Quit Victoria
Description	Helpful hints on how to quit.
Date	2005
Languages	English	Bosnian	Kurdish	Somali
	Albanian	Dari	Persian	Tigrinya

Links to alcohol and other drugs information

Multicultural DrugInfo

Australian Drug Information Network

Health Translations Directory

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