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This week Schoolies from across Australia are enjoying with friends their final year of school, with organisations and police present to avoid fatalities. Up to 8,000 ‘Schoolies’, several police units including dogs and two horses are to converge in Byron Bay for the cohort’s end of year celebrations. Image: Image Credit: Belle Co / Pexels …
The Alcohol and Drug Foundation and National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre recently published a research project to better understand alcohol and other drug use by people aged over 50. Dr Erin Lalor, CEO with the Alcohol and Drug Foundation describes harmful trends in older Australian’s alcohol and drug use, and possible solutions for healthier …
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Schoolies celebrations have kicked off this week around Australia, with more than 11,000 school leavers arriving in Surfers Paradise for the first weekend. For the first time ever, graduates attending this year’s Gold Coast Schoolies events will have access to a free and confidential pill-testing service, with advocates saying the initiative could be life-saving. Although …
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Research from FARE, the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, and The University of Queensland shows how alcohol companies use digital advertising to promote, sell and deliver alcohol. The Wire’s Jon King speaks with Dr Catherine Earl, Director of Policy & Research for the FARE and Robert Taylor, Policy and Engagement Manager for the Alcohol …
Australians living in rural and regional areas are at higher risk of alcohol and drug addiction due to isolation, stress and cultural factors. But support services in these areas are in short supply, far away and hard to get to. If you need support, please phone Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 13Yarn on 13 …
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An initiative in South Australia is exploring the role midwives can play in promoting public health measures, supporting pregnant women to abstain from drugs and alcohol. The study uses a collaborative, multi-tiered approach between experts from the University of Adelaide, Flinders University, and the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network. Image: Image Credit: Lisa Fotios / …
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August is Alateen awareness month across Australia. Alateen is the adolescent recovery program offered by Al-Anon, a worldwide mutual support program for people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. A 2015 study found more than one million Australian children are affected by the drinking of parents, carers or others close to them. …
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In January of this year Prime Minter Anthony Albanese visited Alice Springs in hopes of addressing the high crime rates of the Northern Territory. Since then the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Natasha Fyles has tried to attack alcohol fueled violence and crime. Her current plan is to try and buyback liquor licences from …