Drug Use in Australian Society

Alison Ritter is the Director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) and Deputy Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at the University of New South Wales.Trevor King is the Director of Programs at UnitingCare ReGen Alcohol and Drug Service.Nicole Lee is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University and director at 360Edge, a specialist consultancy for service and workforce development in the alcohol and other drug sector.

• 1. Introduction 2. Historical Perspectives on Drug Use and their Possible Implications for the Future 3. Epidemiology: Analysing Patterns of Drug Use and Harms 4. Frameworks for Understanding Drug Use and Societal Responses 5. Images of Drugs in Popular Culture 6. Drugs and the Internet 7. Primary Prevention for Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Australian Adolescents 8. Harm Reduction: Reducing the Harms from Drug Use 9. Drug Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy Treatments 10. Psychosocial Treatments for Drug Problems 11. Drug Laws and Regulations 12. Drug Law Enforcement: Reducing the Supply of Drugs 13. Making Drugs Policy: Policy Models and Influences on Policy Processes

Ryder, Walker & Salmon, Drug Use & Drug Related Harm Second Edition, IP Communications, 2006