Drug and Alcohol Monthly Media Briefing
Media releases
National
Alcohol
More Support for Indigenous Communities to Tackle Alcohol and Substance Abuse (FaHCSIA) 1st March
Three Years on – Alcohol Guidelines Invisible and Unknown (FARE) 6th March
ADCA Welcomes More Funding for Alcohol Research (ADCA) 6th March
FARE Welcomes New Alcohol Advertising Watch Dog (FARE) 16th March
Shadow Advertising Control System Not Required (DSICA) 16th March
Innovative Community Grants Tackle Alcohol Harms at Local Level (FARE) 19th March
QLD Judiciary Ill Prepared to Handle FASD Cases (FARE) 22nd March
Support to Reduce the Harm of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the NT (FaHCSIA) 29th March
Drink Tank: A Real Conversation Starter (FARE) 30th March
Drugs
Latest Information on Drug Use and Crime (FED) 12th March
Other
‘Roadmap’ Points Aboriginal Eye Health in the Right Direction (AHCSA) 1st March
A Simple Question from your GP can be the First Step in ‘Closing the Gap’ (RACGP) 20th March
33,000 Australians Oppose Stronger Futures Bills (ANTaR) 20th March
What will it take to Close the Gap? (NACCHO) 20th March
Celebrating Close the Gap Day (FED) 22nd March
Thousands Take Part in National Close the Gap Day (Oxfam) 22nd March
Support for National Close the Gap Day (PGA) 23rd March
Improving Safety in Northern Territory Aboriginal Communities (FaHCSIA) 28th March
Long-Term Funding Commitment Welcomed but Stronger Futures Still Must Change (AHRC) 28th March
ACT
Dr. Peter Sharp Recognised at ANU Medical School Indigenous Health Ceremony (ACT) 14th March
NSW
Wellbeing Toolkit Aims to Help Aboriginal Communities Take Control (NSW) 14th March
Closing the Gap: NSW Government to Increase Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce (NSW) 22nd March
Closing the Gap: A 10-Year Plan to Improve Aboriginal Health (NSW) 22nd March
WA
Upgrades for Remote Aboriginal Health Clinics (WA) 5th March
Breaking the Language Barrier on Drugs and Alcohol (WA) 21st March
Senate Reaffirms Commitment to Closing the Gap (WA) 22nd March
Big Boost for WA Researchers (WA) 23rd March
Alcohol and Cancer Campaign Launched (WA) 27th March
NT
New Report Identifies Investment into Indigenous Health Research Paying Off (NT) 21st March
Closing the Net on Problem Drinkers (NT) 27th March
Victoria
Cancer Council Victoria receives Two Prestigious Public Health Grants (VIC) 6th March
Relief to Health System in the Pipeline with Licensing Freeze (VIC) 29th March
Tasmania
Kick the Smoking Habit this Weekend (TAS) 2nd March
Labor Leads on Smoking Reforms (TAS) 7th March
Queensland
Indigenous Women and Children at Risk under Newman (QLD) 8th March
News articles
Local
Alcohol
3 Year Plan to tackle Newcastle’s Alcohol Problems 20th March
Cheap Booze Fuels Binge-Drink Culture 21st March
Holding the line on grog 28th March
Drugs
Lithium Trial for Cannabis Users 7th March
Cannabis Supply Hit by Drug Raids 18th March
Support for Limits on Pubs’ Trading 19th March
Needle Exchange Program is a Healthcare Necessity 19th March
$860 Fine for Drugs Found in Jail Car Park 20th March
Other
Salvos help Yaamba Up 29th March
New Anti-Violence Plan for Perth’s North 30th March
National
Alcohol
400 Kids Taken off Perth Streets with Alcohol and Drugs 1st March
Website under Fire for Alcohol Promotion 2nd March
Binge Drinking No Excuse to Attack Young Women 3rd March
Vietnam History Records Aussie Alcohol Abuse 5th March
No Impact from Safe Alcohol Use Campaign 6th March
Gordonvale Stands Against Alcohol-Fuelled Violence in the Far North 6th March
We are Clueless about Safe Alcohol Intake 6th March
Indigenous Mayors Back Lifting Grog Bans 7th March
Risky Drinking ‘Widespread in Defence’ 7th March
ACT Pubs and Clubs Bemoan Policing Fee 8th March
Gopher-Riding Pensioner ‘Illegally Sold Alcohol’ 8th March
LNP to Review Indigenous Alcohol Bans 8th March
Experts Say Parental Disapproval is good for Child Sobriety 15th March
New board to ‘Name and Shame’ Alcohol Ads 16th March
Anti-Binge Drinking Ad under Fire 19th March
Alcohol, Drugs Council Opposes Aldi Liquor Plan 20th March
Labor Cracks down on Alcohol Offences in NT 22nd March
Tests Bring Change in Drinking Culture at Hunter Councils 23rd March
Health Group wants Floor Price for NT Alcohol 25th March
Follow UK Drink Rule, say Greens 26th March
‘Target Party Hosts who Allow Alcohol’ – Police Commissioner 26th March
Booze Cheaper than Water in Perth 26th March
Drinking Shock Tactics 27th March
Booze as Bad as Tobacco, Asbestos – Government Ad Campaign 27th March
New Plan for Teen Drunks 29th March
Pyne Pilloried for NT Alcohol Floor Price Call 29th March
Drugs
Chemists to Supply Drugs without Script 2nd March
WA ‘Drug Trafficker’ Faces Death Sentence 5th March
Indonesians Seek Death Penalty for Aussie 5th March
What Australia Should Do About Prescription Opioid Abuse 6th March
‘No Mercy’ for Alleged Bali Drug Mule 7th March
Calls for Government to Assist in Malaysian Drug Case 8th March
Drug Use Down among Police Detainees 12th March
Synthetic Drugs in Spotlight 13th March
Students Caught in Illicit Drug Importation Web 14th March
Paralysed Addict gets Term in Jail 16th March
NSW Police Raid ‘Medicinal Marijuana Crop’ 19th March
Drug Addicts Die Waiting for Treatment 20th March
Top Cop won’t preach on Drugs: Just Given ‘em the Facts 20th March
Prize Portrait of a Man Purged of the ‘Powders’ 20th March
Rise in Ambulance Callouts Related to Anti-Psychotic Drug 22nd March
How This Man Outsources Australia’s Drug Production 25th March
Quigley Labels New Drug Lab Laws Inadequate 25th March
Push for Sterility Payment for Addicted 26th March
Western Union Named in Drugs’ Probe 27th March
Ice Rife among Youth, Tradies 26th March
‘Ice Psychosis’: How Ice can cause a ‘Fight or Flight Situation’ 27th March
Parents Face Jail over Tough WA Drug Laws 27th March
Drugs Cloud on Customs Officials 28th March
Cousins Arrested on Drugs Charges 29th March
Indigenous Issues
Fear Tough Laws May Jail More Aborigines 15th March
Aboriginal Leaders Call for Action on Low School Attendance 28th March
State’s Indigenous Health at Critical Low 30th March
Smoking/Tobacco
Australia Said to Face WTO Complaint over Tobacco Packaging, Ban on Logos 5th March
Health Issue Irrelevant, Tobacco Firms Tell Court 13th March
Noise Concerns Over Hotel Smoking Room 14th March
Plain Cigarette Packaging Sparks Ukraine Complaint 15th March
Study Burns Claims Plain Packaging would cost Tobacco Retailers $460m 22nd March
Perth Airport Defends Smoking Shelters 22nd March
Smokers Warned to Butt out in Rundle Mall 28th March
Other
Petrol Sniffers Spark Red Alert 5th March
Punt Worse than Drugs, says Brad Scott 9th March
Rights Exist Behind the Wire 13th March
Commission Finds RailCorp Discriminated on the Basis of Criminal Record 13th March
Murder Statistics in Broome Shock Community 14th March
HIV Fears for Prison Guard Pricked by Used Needle 20th March
NT Intervention May be Wound Back 20th March
Guards, Train Drivers Fight Urine Tests 30th March
International:
Alcohol
Movies may Increase Binge Drinking in Teens 5th March
Lundbeck’s Selincro Cuts Alcohol Consumption by Two-Thirds 5th March
Study: Does Alcohol in Movies Drive Teens to Binge Drink? 5th March
Alcohol Interlocks cut Down on Repeat DUI Offenders 6th March
Drug Developed to Make People Drink less Alcohol 6th March
LSD for Alcohol Addiction: Study 12th March
Investigators Probe Whether Alcohol Played Role in Killings of 16 Afghan Civilians 14th March
Labor Proposes Alcohol Adverts Ban 14th March
Abuse in Childhood Common among Alcohol Addicts, Study Finds 15th March
Robert Bales and the Case for a Measured Approach to Alcohol in Combat 22nd March
Binge Drinking fuelling Liver Deaths in U.K. 23rd March
Alcohol Plan ‘May Boost Industry’ 26th March
Advice on Drinking Alcohol to be reviewed 26th March
US Man Seven Times over the Legal Limit to be charged with Public Intoxication 28th March
Online Gambling may Increase Risk of Alcohol and Cannabis Use 28th March
French Scientists Find a Glass in Your Hand Makes You Sexier 30th March
Drugs
HIV Rate Down in Needle-Drug Users 1st March
Community Reaction to ‘Destructive’ War on Marijuana Warning 1st March
Spanish Village to Raise Funds with Marijuana 2nd March
Pain Relief without Memory Lapses? Marijuana Study Holds out Hope 4th March
India’s Illicit Opium Farms Six Times Bigger than Estimated 4th March
Parents to Blame for Drugs in School – Top Principal 5th March
Drugs Education Petition Launched 5th March
Drug Smuggling Cases Decline, says Official 6th March
Drug Policy as Race Policy: Best Seller Galvanises the Debate 6th March
Pat Robertson says Marijuana Use should be Legal 7th March
Akst: Government Should Get off Pot’s Back 11th March
Heroin More Cost-Effective for Addicts than Methadone: Study 12th March
Bolivia Defends Coca Consumption at UN Meeting 12th March
Angel Raich, Cancer Patient, Kicked out of Hospital for Using Medical Marijuana 13th March
Heroin Use on the Rise among New Mexico Teens 14th March
The U.S., Russia, Afghanistan – and Drugs 14th March
Bristol Drugs Survey Shows Rise in Laughing Gas Use 15th March
Opium for Masses, a Problem in Arunchal 18th March
High Times Senior Executive Busted for Marijuana Trafficking 18th March
Marijuana Legalisation Backers Puzzling about How to Keep Stoned Drivers off the Road 19th March
‘Meth Babies’ Show More Behaviour Problems 20th March
Greek Heroin Addicts to get Free Condoms among HIV Spike 21st March
Vanuatu Police tackling Marijuana Problem 22nd March
NZ Vending Machine Dispenses Drugs 22nd March
Ohio Heroin Abuse Worse, First Time Users Younger 27th Mar
New York Law Stubs Out Synthetic Marijuana 30th Mar
Smoking/Tobacco
Tobacco Firms Celebrate as Judge Rules against Graphic Images on Packets 1st March
Smoking Still Kills Millions, 50 Years On from Warnings 6th March
China’s Tobacco Monopoly Bigger by Profit than HSBC or Wal-Mart 6th March
Weekend Smoking can Damage Your Memory 6th March
Youth Smoking Demographics Described in Surgeon-General’s Report 8th March
Canadian Trial against Big Tobacco Starts 13th March
People Knew Smoking Risks Decades Ago, Former Tobacco Exec tells Civil Trial 13th March
‘Vegetables can’t Replace Tobacco’ 18th March
Court: Tobacco Health Labels Constitutional 19th March
Opportunity to make the Next Generation Free of Tobacco 19th March
WHO Urges China to Bolster Tobacco Controls 20th March
Smoking may Restore Self-Control 20th March
Smoking a Drag on the Economy 22nd March
FDA: Dissolvable Tobacco Better for Health, but Could Lead to more Users 22nd March
NZ Increases Tobacco Exports to Australia 26th March
Smoking Ban ‘Is Improving Health’ 26th March
World Tobacco Atlas Rings Alarm Bells for India 29th March
Puffing Kids Highlight Smoking Epidemic 29th March
Other
If We Knew Then What We Know Now... 7th March
HIV Vaccine on Horizon as Scientists Develop Jab that Gives 70% Protection to Monkeys 8th March
Obama Appoints California Physician as AIDS Czar 14th March
Preparing President Obama for the International AIDS Conference, July 2012 21st March
Clean Needle Exchange Activists Arrested During Sit-ins at Congressional Offices 21st March
HIV Cases Rise to Record High 25th March
Mystery over Ukraine Tobacco Law Challenge: 27th March
Supreme Court Justices Will Determine the Fate of AIDS in America 28th March
1st Medically Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence Roundtable Report