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The case of Shane Scott and the Tandara Motor Inn
If you get drunk in a pub and die in a road accident, should your family be able to sue the publican?
The Law Report, ABC Radio National, 30 June 2009
National Drug & Alcohol Awards 2009
The winners of National Drug & Alcohol Awards 2009 were announced on Friday 26 June. The award for Excellence in Prevention and Community Education was won by the Stepping Stones Program run by Family Drug Support. The Stepping Stones workbook was published by the Australian Drug Foundation and is available from our bookshop.
highsnlows: a new cannabis and mental health website for young people
DrugInfo Clearinghouse email alert, 26 June 2009
Bridges and barriers: addressing Indigenous incarceration and health [PDF: 420KB]
National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee
Canberra: ANCD , 25 June 2009
LIFE News
No. 5, June 2009

In the Media

Evans' teammate out of tour over drugs
Friday 3 July 2009
CADEL Evans' Tour de France hopes have suffered a blow after his Dutch teammate Thomas Dekker was withdrawn from the Silence-Lotto line-up after testing positive for the drug erythropoietin.
Age
Drugs hidden in duty-free chocolates
Friday 3 July 2009
An Austrian woman has pleaded guilty to importing a commercial quantity of the drug "ice" into Australia concealed in Toblerone and Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
Age
Keep Dutch soft-drugs coffee shops for locals: commission
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Dutch coffee shops that sell cannabis should should cater mainly for local people and not bulk-buying drugs tourists from abroad, a government commission proposed Thursday.
Age

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Creating synergy: creative ways forward in AOD and mental health
1-3 July 2009
Wollongong, NSW
The new Australian alcohol guidelines: what happens now?
16 July 2009
Melbourne, Vic
Supporting young people to quit smoking
17 & 29 July 2009
Carlton, Vic
For more information call Bianca Crosling on 03 9635 5529 or email bianca.crosling@cancervic.org.au.
Clinical practice guidelines, substance use, mental health and pregnancy
23 July 2009
Parkville, Vic

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