Drugs and our Community

REPORT OF THE PREMIER'S DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL MARCH 1996

Joint Departmental Information Centre Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:

Victoria Premier's Drug Advisory Council Drugs and our Community: Report of the Premier's Drug Advisory Council/ Premier's Drug Advisory Council, March 1996.

Melbourne: Victorian Government, 1996. 164 p.; 30 cm Bibliography. ISBN: 0 7306 9227 2 Cover title. 1. Drug utilization - Social aspects - Victoria. 2. Substance abuse - Victoria. I. Title. 362.2909945

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

OVERVIEW

1 BACKGROUND

1.1 COUNCIL ACTIVITIES

1.2 COMMISSIONED WORK

2 ILLICIT DRUGS: CONTEXT AND FACTS

2.1 NATURE AND EXTENT OF TRAFFICKING AND USE

2.2 DETERRING MANUFACTURE, SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION

2.3 PREVENTING USE AND REDUCING HARM

2.4 AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES

3 CHALLENGES AND CHOICES FOR VICTORIA

3.1 INTRODUCTION

3.2 CURRENT KNOWLEDGE

3.3 DEMAND AND SUPPLY TRENDS

3.4 DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO DIFFERENT DRUGS

3.5 INFORMATION AND HEALTH EDUCATION

3.6 SUPPORT AND TREATMENT SERVICES

3.7 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND POLICING IN A HARM MINIMISATION STRATEGY

3.8 THE LAW

3.9 INFRASTRUCTURE

4 RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDICES