| Description |
44 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Series |
Issues in society ; v. 118 |
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Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 118
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Extent of the Heroin Problem: What is heroin?; Heroin: the facts; $220m drugs fight push; Tough On Drugs: The National Illicit Drug Strategy; Quick facts; The social profile of heroin users; An addict's life: living to use, using to live; 17 now average age for first fix; Heroin casualties younger; Opiate use among secondary school children; Drug use in Australia and its health impact; Deaths by heroin hit a new high; Drug cocktails the real killers; Vanstone slams police chief's arrest record; Crime and justice - drug offences; Australian illicit drug report released; Heroin trade boosts violent crime. -- Chapter 2. Dealing With The Drug - The Debate: A message from the Prime Minister; Wrong tactic for the drug war; For some, heroin is the only answer; Economics of the heroin market; Witnesses to the horrors of addiction bare their souls; We still need a heroin trial; Turning the policies into reality; The jury is still out on the benefits of heroin trials; The drugs menace: whatever it takes to stop it; Addicts get legal room to shoot up; 50,000 hits a year in shopfront clinic; Injecting rooms big crime risk; Youth drug court on trial;Comprehensive action needed on heroin; Methadone 'saved my life'; Suburban pharmacies to dole out methadone; 'Miracle cure' for heroin has its dangers; Better outcomes from illicit drugs |
| Summary |
Examines the extent of the heroin problem - Heroin trials - Youth drug court - Methadone - Naltrexone - Need to see illicit drug use as a health and social issue rather than a criminal one |
| Analysis |
Crime |
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Federal issue |
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Heroin addiction |
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Heroin, Legal |
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Interstate Comparisons |
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Interstate comparisons |
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Law enforcement |
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State issue |
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Statistics |
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Treatment |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 42) and index |
| Subject |
Drug abuse and crime -- Juvenile literature.
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Drug abuse.
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Heroin abuse -- Juvenile literature.
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Drug abuse and crime -- Australia.
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Heroin abuse -- Australia.
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Heroin.
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Substance abuse -- Australia.
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| Author |
Healey, Justin.
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| ISBN |
1876811277 |
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9781876811273 |
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