Drug and Alcohol Monthly Media Briefing
Drug and Alcohol Media Briefing - April 2011
Media Releases
National
Alcohol
Australian-first study to explore harms linked to alcoholic energy drinks (AERF) 12 April
Media release: Are you looking at me? Canadian research into preventing bar violence (Burnet Institute) 12 April
New report: 4 million Australians admit to drinking to get drunk (AERF) 14 April
Alcohol price war ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ - Greens (Greens) 19 April
Don’t Let Alcohol and other Drugs Ruin Easter/ ANZAC Day (ADCA) 21 April
Call for comment on proposed change to minimum alcohol content in wine (FSANZ) 21 April
Liquor Licence Buyback Continues In Alice Springs (Gov) 21 April
New report: Kalgoorlie residents ready to change hard-drinking reputation (AERF) 29 April
Australian National Council on Drugs
Australian National Council on Drugs (Gov) 15 April
Indigenous Issues
New NACCHO CEO announced (NACCHO) 1 April
National Live Longer Roadshow Kicks off to Improve Health of Indigenous Australians (Gov) 11 April
Twenty years on but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders continue to die in custody (AHRC) 12 April
Long Live the Live Longer Aboriginal Community Health Campaign (NACCHO) 13 April
More Support and Services for the Kimberley to Tackle Indigenous Suicide (Gov) 14 April
A major new report on injecting drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders released (ANCD) 27 April
The greening of Tony Abbott (Greens) 29 April
Speaking an Indigenous language linked to youth wellbeing (ABS) 29 April
Abbott fails to learn from Territory visit (Greens) 29 April
Smoking/Tobacco
Secondhand smoke trebles stillbirth risk (ASH) 2 April
New cigarette packs put end to glamour associations with smoking (Quit) 7 April
World’s first plain tobacco pack law will save lives and end marketing of diseases in glossy boxes (ASH) 7 April
Plain packs will stop kids smoking (Cancer Council) 7 April
World's Toughest Anti-Smoking Laws Released (Gov) 7 April
Historic tobacco plain packaging will hasten end of smoking in Australia (ACOSH) 7 April
Plain packs send plain message - stop smoking (AMA) 7 April
Retailers facing duplication of tobacco laws - State display bans make plain packaging pointless (ARA) 7 April
New figures show strong approval of plain packaging after cigarette packs of future unveiled (Cancer Council) 8 April
Government won’t release the real cost of plain packaging (BATA) 28 April
Sport
AFL partners with Good Sports to tackle alcohol (ADF/AFL/Good Sports) 11 April
Youth
Young Aussies Trapped by Youth Drinking Culture (DrinkWise) 4 April
New study: Young people more likely to buy alcohol when mixed with energy drinks (ADF) 29 April
United Nations jumps on board with youth drug event (ADF) 7 April
Other
More support needed to cut HCV toll (AMA) 17 April
Several cancers are underrepresented in clinical trials (AMA) 17 April
Website launched to help Councils respond to impacts of drugs and alcohol (CCCLM) 20 April
Illicit substance use and smoking decreasing in ACT young people (Gov) 1 April
Young people urged to own their health and avoid tobacco (Gov) 2 April
Report slams drug debacle at AMC (Liberal) 4 April
Minister welcomes plain packaging for tobacco (Gov) 7 April
Burnet Report tabled: more work to be done (Gov) 7 April
Review of liquor fees underway (Gov) 21 April
Effectiveness of Cautioning for Minor Cannabis Offences (Audit Office) 7 April
Party goers warned about mixing alcohol with energy drinks (Gov) 21 April
New Alcohol Campaign Launched in Alice Springs (Gov) 10 April
Banned Drinker Register ID Scanners to Turn Problem Drinkers off Tap (Gov) 12 April
Rehabilitating Problem Drinkers Back into Society (Gov) 14 April
NTRL Commits to Good Sports to Tackle Alcohol (ADF) 18 April
Massive boost to health budget in 2011-12 (Gov) 29 April
Drug lab busts double under ‘soft’ laws (LNP) 6 April
LNP cooking up misinformation with their claims on drug labs (Gov) 6 April
Encouraging start for Drink Safe Precincts trial (Gov) 19 April
Quit on Q Program for Quitters (Gov) 10 April
Drink too much, you're asking for trouble (Gov) 18 April
Coalition Government gives communities a say on bottle shops (VIC Gov) 1 April
Govt to make liquor barns more accountable to communities (ADF/Cancer Council/Heart Foundation/VicHealth) 1 April
New designated area in Dandenong adds to Coalition Govt blitz on booze-fuelled crime (Gov) 20 April
‘Young People and Alcohol’ - an important guide for parents (Gov) 6 April
Funding boost for Aboriginal health partnership (Gov) 13 April
News Articles
Alcohol
Licence to drink in battle against the booze 1 April
Councils to get more bottle shop planning flexibility 4 April
Health groups want Aldi bottle shops canned 6 April
Midnight drinks ban in Perth 10 April
Commission rules out ban on full-strength grog 11 April
New steps in alcohol management 11 April
Changes planned for alcohol ID cards 13 April
Time to scrap happy hours to relieve hospitals 14 April
Pubs say 3am lockout could cost millions 18 April
NT doctors attack alcohol control policy 18 April
Supermarket price war switches to pre-mixed spirits 19 April
Alcohol ban for pregnant women a new suggestion 19 April
NT alcohol policy dispute heats up 19 April
Dangers of alcohol abuse 20 April
Review on alcohol content 28 April
Drugs
Greens pitch kava questions into the brew 1 April
Doctor links bong use to tuberculosis 3 April
Premier says drug testing building site workers to be considered 3 April
Ex-addict shares life's hard lessons 4 April
Northern Rivers high on cannabis 8 April
Drugs, light plane among seized as police bust ‘trafficking ring’ 8 April
Video: Drug crisis shocks Melbourne paramedics 10 April
Plan for heroin users to self-treat overdoses with drug Narcan 11 April
Overdose footage sparks new drugs debate 11 April
Police warn 'no let-up' in drugs crackdown 14 April
Australia 'irresistible' to drug traffickers 16 April
Government silent on Corby clemency 18 April
Clean up Kings Cross 20 April
Cannabis decline has drug users in ecstasy 20 April
Michael Sacatides, Australian jailed at Kerobokan says 'sorry' to Bali for drugs 20 April
Why today is special for stoners 20 April
Drug lord's case prompts review 21 April
Australian prisoners kept in 'inhumane' conditions in Indonesia, says jail chief 26 April
Addicts’ families forgotten in fight against drugs 27 April
More drugs in 'cash over cures' deferrals 28 April
Indigenous Issues
Put people before profits, Barbara Shaw tells protest 5 April
Discount alcohol serves nobody: Gooda 6 April
Mick Gooda backs grog ban in pregnancy 12 April
Mental health
Mental health crisis in Casey-Cardinia 27 April
Prisons
Prison in lockdown over drug overdoses 4 April
Claims methadone 'pushed' at jail 4 April
Prisoners at risk over methadone administration: report 6 April
Prison visitors smuggling drugs into jail 17 April
Smoking/Tobacco
Tobacco firm under fire for campaign to fight legislation 5 April
Nanny state mentality grows as unit owners ban residents from smoking in their own homes 5 April
Smoking studs need to prick up their ears 5 April
Big Tobacco to fight on over plain packaging plan for cigarettes 11 April
Trademark rights to extinguish plain packaging bill? 11 April
Weight, smoking, age are stillbirth factors 14 April
Cancer Council tips more apartment smoking bans 18 April
Plain packaging will hit sales hard, and big tobacco is worried 20 April
Regulating risky behaviour 26 April
Tobacco-funded ad campaign 'misleading' 27 April
Sport
Drug culture all the rave in sporting cradle 28 April
Treatment
More substance abuse treatment services needed 26 April
Youth
Drug groups condemn youth drinking forum 1 April
Teen binge drinking exposed 20 April
Other National articles
Coroner reveals toll of suicide 1 April
'Lifestyle' diseases the world's biggest killer 28 April
International news
Alcohol
Kids to be screened in Manitoba schools for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder 4 April
Colleges Study Binge Drinking 4 April
Only 1.2% of Alcohol Abusers Know They Need Help: Report 7 April
Alcohol causes cancer (even if you stop drinking) 13 April
British girls worst binge drinkers in western world 22 April
State Attorneys General 'Blast' Malt Alcohol Drink 25 April
Mass. House votes to bar use of welfare money for alcohol, tobacco, or lottery tickets 26 April
India is yet to put in place a national anti-alcohol policy 28 April
Drugs
Venezuela Creates New Treatment and Prevention System to Tackle Drug Abuse 8 April
Newly Born, and Withdrawing From Painkillers 9 April
Marijuana ruling sends lawmakers, police scrambling 13 April
Heroin addiction on the rise in Pakistan 17 April
Banning of fake drugs urged 18 April
Opium cultivation returns to parts of Afghanistan 18 April
Hunger strike threatened over marijuana charges 20 April
Marijuana and racial inequality 20 April
Man defends wife's restraint of drug addict daughter 20 April
More Afghan hashish, less opium expected in Tajikistan 27 April
Marijuana Trade Threatens African Gorilla Refuge 27 April
Smoking/Tobacco
Still not ready for total ban on tobacco 5 April
Trial pitting hospitals against tobacco companies reaches end in St. Louis 13 April
Violent criminals expand into cigarettes 19 April
Recently Released Reports
