| Description |
xi, 81 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
National Drug Strategy |
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National Drug Strategy
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| Contents |
Executive summary -- Introduction -- 1. Tobacco -- 1.1 Trends in prevalence -- 1.2 Trends in consumption -- 1.3 The changing social profile of smokers -- 1.4. Women and smoking -- 2. Alcohol -- 2.1 Trends in prevalence -- 2.2 Trends in consumption -- 2.3 Types of drinkers -- 2.4. The social profile of two drinking types -- 2.5 Adolescent drinking patterns -- 3. Cannabis -- 3.1 Trends in prevalence -- 3.2 Trends in consumption -- 3.3 Age of initiation -- 3.4 The social profile of marijuana users -- 3.5 Adolescent marijuana use -- 4. Heroin -- 4.1 Trends in prevalence -- 4.2 The social profile of heroin users -- 5. Psycho-stimulants -- 5.1 Amphetamines -- 5.2 Cocaine -- 5.3 Hallucinogens -- 5.4 Designer drugs/ecstasy -- 6. Other drugs -- 6.1 Transquillisers -- 6.2 Inhalants -- 6.3 Steroids -- 6.4 Injecting drug use -- Appendix |
| Summary |
This report examines trends in drug use in Australia since 1985 using the National Drug Strategy surveys. The report focuses particularly on tobacco, alcohol and marijuana, the drugs that are most widely used across the community, but it also examines heroin, the psycho-stimulants (amphetamines, cocaine, hallucinogens and ecstasy) and other drugs such as tranquillisers, inhalants, and steroids. The report examines the social correlates of the drug use behaviours that are followed by very small proportions of the general populaiton, such as the consumption of hallucinogens, the abuse of steroids and intravenous drug use |
| Analysis |
Alcohol drinking |
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Drug use and abuse |
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Federal issue |
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Marijuana |
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Public health |
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Sampling studies |
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Smoking |
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Trends to 1995 |
| Notes |
"National Drug Strategy" |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 80-81 |
| Notes |
Commonwealth of Australia 1998 |
| Subject |
Alcoholism -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Drug abuse surveys -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Drug abuse -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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Drug abuse -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Drug abuse -- Australia.
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Drugs -- Australia.
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Smoking -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Substance abuse -- Australia -- Statistics.
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| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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| Author |
McAllister, Ian, 1950-
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Australia. Department of Health and Family Services.
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National Drug Strategy (Australia)
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| ISBN |
0642272840 |
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