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Page content: Alcohol | Amphetamines | Cannabis | Client charter | Diversion programs | General | Heroin | Inhalants | Koori Resources | Needle & syringe programs | Parenting support toolkit | Pharmacotherapy - Buprenorphine/Methadone | Pharmacotherapy - Buprenorphine/Methadone | Pharmaceutical Drugs | Services and Treatment | Tobacco | Victorian Auditor-General's Office review documents | Victorian Drug and Alcohol Prevention Council | Workforce | Young People & Youth services
For older publications see our - Archive
Alcohol
- Koori Alcohol Action Plan 2010 - 2020
Towards a New Framework for Forensic Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment- Trends in Alcohol and Drug Related Ambulance Attendances in Melbourne 2009-10
- Victorian accredited driver education programs (Victoria Drink and Drug Driver Program) - Agency directory, July 2011
- Victoria's Alcohol Action Plan 2008-2013 - May 2008
- Victorian alcohol statistics series
Amphetamines
- Ecstasy, ketamine & GHB: A review of users and Victorian alcohol & other drug treatment interventions
- Code of practice for running safer dance parties (2004)
- Information relating to GHB
- Victorian amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) and related drugs strategy 2009-2012
Cannabis
- Cannabis and mental health: schools resource - 2009 (overview)
- Cannabis and Mental Health: Teacher resource for years 9 and 10
- Cannabis & psychosis fact sheet (2002)
- Cannabis & psychosis - information for health care workers
- Change to the laws relating to the display, sale and supply of cannabis water pipes (bongs and hookahs): October 2011
Client charter
- Victorian AOD Client Charter - Brochure (2011)
- Victorian AOD Client Charter - A3 Poster (2011)
- Victorian AOD Client Charter A3 - poster with accessibility statements (2011)
- Victorian AOD Client Charter translated brochures and posters (In Your Language)
Diversion programs
- Data analysis and reporting
- The CREDIT Bail Support Program (August 2005)
- Evaluation of the drug diversion pilot program (September 1999)
- Juvenile Justice - Pathways to treatment, March 2005
- Rural Outreach Diversion Worker Program Evaluation (February 2005)
General
- Data analysis and reporting
- Drugs: How and where to get help - This was reprinted in September 2002. We regret that there are no further hard copies available
- Drugs in a Multicultural Community: An Assessment of Involvement
- Dual diagnosis: Key directions and priorities for service development - May 2007
- Evaluation of Primary Health Services - September 2006
- Forensic Drug Treatment System: Discussion Paper
- Forensic Drug Treatment System: Discussion Paper
- Trends in Alcohol and Drug Related Ambulance Attendances in Melbourne 2010-11
Homeless and Drug Dependency Trial (HDDT)
- Interagency Protocol between Victoria Police and nominated agencies - 2004
- Shaping the Future - The Victorian Alcohol and Other Drug Quality Framework - April 2008
- Victorian drug statistics handbook - patterns of drug use & related harm in Victoria
Heroin
Inhalants
- National Directions On Inhalant Abuse - Final report, November 2005 with Addendum July 2006
- Inhalant abuse information kit for the Koori community - circa 2003 Includes "About inhalant abuse" booklets and "The effects of sniffing" poster.
- Management response to inhalant use: Guidelines for the community care & drug & alcohol sector
Information Sheets
These information sheets contain vital information that you can easily and quickly access in a critical situation:
For retailers:
- Responsible Sale of Solvents - A Retailer's Kit
Retailers have a responsibility under legislation to act responsibly with regard to the sale of solvents. The tools on this page have been developed by the in partnership with retailers to assist them in selling solvents responsibly.
Koori Resources
- Inhalant abuse information kit: for the Koori community - Includes "About inhalant abuse" booklets and "The effects of sniffing" poster.
- 2002 training program for aboriginal alcohol and drug workers - final report
Needle & syringe programs
- Community Pharmacy NSP Recruitment Project Final Report - 2010
- English - Safe retrieval and disposal of needles and syringes
- Integrating Care: Victoria's Needle and Syringe Program
- On the Edge Out West: A Rapid Situational Assessment of NSP Service Provision in Outer West Metropolitan Melbourne
- The Graveyard Shift: Access to Sterile Injecting Equipment in Metropolitan Melbourne
- Victorian Needle and Syringe Program Operating Policy and Guidelines
- Safe retrieval & disposal of needles & syringes - A4 handouts (Available in 12 languages)
Parenting support toolkit
- Parenting support toolkit – An overview
- Parenting support toolkit – Quick reference card
- Parenting support toolkit – Booklet one
- Parenting support toolkit – Booklet two
- Parenting support toolkit – Booklet three
Pharmacotherapy - Buprenorphine/Methadone
- Evaluation of specialist methadone services
- Methadone: Starting Methadone or Buprenorphine - brochure
- Methadone Treatment in Victoria - User Information Booklet 2011
- English - Pharmacotherapy Treatment with Methadone and Buprenorphine
- Vietnamese - Pharmacotherapy Treatment with Methadone and Buprenorphine
- Victorian Pharmacotherapy Review
Pharmaceutical Drugs
- Investigation of Pharmaceutical Misuse amongst Drug Treatment Clients - Final Report 2008 - Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre (Victoria)
- Victorian Government Response - Parliament of Victoria Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee - Inquiry into misuse/abuse of Benzodiazepines and other pharmaceutical drugs - May 2008
Services and Treatment
- Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment within the Context of the Criminal Justice System - A Review of the Literature February - 2005
- Clinical treatment guidelines for Alcohol and Drug Clinicians - Co-occurring acquired brain injury / cognitive impairment and alcohol and other drug use disorders - 2006
- Clinical treatment guidelines for methamphetamine dependence and treatment - 2007 - Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre
- COATS, Community Correctional Services & Drug Treatment Services Protocol - April 2010
- Evaluation of community drug withdrawal services 2000 - Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre
- Episode of care review - Final report June 2003
- Incident reporting protocol for the alcohol and drug sector - October 2005
- Report on cultural and linguistic diversity and drug treatment services
(Request a copy) - Rural Pathways: A review of the Victorian drug treatment service system in regional and rural Victoria - Final report - July 2004
- Service Guideline for Gender Sensitivity and Safety
- Service Guideline on Gender Sensitivity and Safety - literature review
- Supported accommodation assistance program (SAAP) and alcohol and drug treatment services service guidelines - November 1997
- Victorian alcohol & drug treatment services: Specialist assessment form (for general client population) - 2000
- Turning Point Review Report - May 2008
- Evaluation of Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS): Access Health
- Evaluation of Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS): Fitzroy Legal Service Drug Outreach Lawyer
- Evaluation of Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS): Foster Street Clinic
- Evaluation of Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS): Health Works
- Evaluation of Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS): Innerspace Including the Alcohol and Drug Counsellor
- Evaluation of Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS): The Living Room Primary Health Service
- Evaluation of Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS): Mobile Health Outreach Service (MHOS)
- Evaluation of Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS): Overview Report
- Evaluation of Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS): Young People's Health Service (YPHS)
- Evaluation of Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS): Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS)
Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Primary Health Services (SAPHS)
Tobacco
For all information relating to tobacco, visit the Tobacco Reforms website.
Victorian Auditor-General's Office review documents
- Evaluation on Victoria's needle and syringe program (2010)
- Acquired Brain Injury AOD Clinical Consultant Evaluation (2008)
- Adult Community Residential Drug Withdrawal Services Review (2006)
- Alcohol and Drug Youth Consultant Program Evaluation (2003)
- Alcohol and Other Drug Supported Accommodation Program Review (2006)
- Alcohol and other Drug treatment needs and service responses for people aged over 65 years
- CCCC Service Evaluation (2001)
- Defining AOD treatment and workforce project (2010)
- Episode of Care review (2003)
- Evaluation of community drug withdrawal services (2000)
- Evaluation of specialist methadone treatment services (1999)
- Evaluation of the Mobile Overdose Response Service (2004)
- Evaluation of the Victorian AOD workforce development strategy
- Evaluation of the Victorian Dual Diagnosis Initiative 2010
- Evaluation of the Victorian Dual Diagnosis Intiative 2010 - appendices
- Evaluation of Victorian Methadone Regional Outreach Worker Programs (2004)
- Evaluation of Youth Alcohol and Drug Outreach Services (2000)
- Forensic Drug Treatment System Review (2009): Discussion Paper
- Parent Support Program Review (2002)
- Parent Support Program Review (2005)
- Peer Support program Evaluation (2001)
- Pilot Youth AOD Day Program evaluation (2003)
- Post Withdrawal Linkage Workers and Post Residential Rehabilitation Support Workers: An Investigation of their existing and potential role (2006)
- Rapid Situational Assessments of Pharmacotherapy in two regions (2009)
- Review of the drug treatment service system in regional and rural Victoria (2004)
- Review of the Victorian drug treatment service system (2003)
- Review of the Youth drug treatment service system (2004)
- State-wide Dual Diagnosis Initiative Evaluation (2004)
- Systems and performance analysis of the AOD treatment system (2010)
- Treatment and access in the Victorian AOD sector (2009)
- Victorian Pharmacotherapy Review (2010)
- Youth Community Residential Drug Withdrawal Services Review (2008)
Victorian Drug and Alcohol Prevention Council
- Measures of drug and alcohol prevention, use and harm - Data collection system analysis
- Social Contexts of substance use for vulnerable 13-15 year olds in Melbourne Youth Drug Reporting System
- Community Binge Drinking Focus Groups
- Schoolies celebrations in Victoria 2009 - Final report
- Schoolies week in Victoria 2009 - literature review
- Schoolies week in Victoria 2009 - data collection
Workforce
Young People & Youth services
- Juvenile Justice - Pathways to treatment, March 2005
- Protocol between drug treatment services & child protection for working with parents with alcohol & other drug issues - August 2002
- Victorian secondary school students’ use of licit and illicit substances - survey reports
- Youth alcohol & drug treatment services - Assessment & Intervention Tool - Reviewed 2004
