Illicit drug use in rural and remote Indigenous communities [electronic resource] / Judy Putt and Brendan Delahunty
- Bib ID:
- 5715275
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Putt, Judy
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- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2006
- 6 p.
- ISBN:
- 1921185163
- Series:
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- PANDORA electronic collection.
- Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice (Online) ; no. 322.
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- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Address as at 21/09/2011: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/321-340/tandi322.aspx.
- Summary:
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There has been considerable media coverage recently of inhalant misuse by Indigenous young people in remote Australia. However, this misuse must be understood within a wider context of other drug use. Funded by the National Law Enforcement Research Fund and initiated by police concerned about illicit drug use, the study summarised in this paper has highlighted widespread and often heavy use of cannabis and increasing signs of amphetamine use by Indigenous people in rural and remote communities. While alcohol abuse remains a primary concern, illicit drug use is also impacting on individuals and communities, with quite distinct problems clearly identified in isolated settlements. There are particular challenges for police involved in preventing the supply of drugs and helping communities reduce drug related harms. There is also a demonstrable need for more drug specific services, especially diversion and treatment programs.
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- "August 2006".
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 6)
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