Free interactive seminar and forum held from 10.00am to 12.30pm on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 at Angliss Conference Centre, William Angliss Institute of TAFE, Level 5, 555 La Trobe Street, Melbourne.
Most people would identify "drug problems" with illicit drugs, such as cannabis, heroin, methamphetamine and ecstasy, maybe even alcohol. Few people would think about the misuse of pharmaceutical drugs. However, there are a number of prescribed or over-the-counter medicines that have the potential to be misused.
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Program
Welcome and introduction
John Rogerson, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Drug Foundation
Prevention of pharmaceutical drug misuse
Suzanne Nielsen, Senior Research Fellow/Senior Pharmacist, Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre, Victoria
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Seeking help or seeking drugs?
Dr Benny Monheit, Medical Director, Southcity Clinic, Drug and Alcohol Consultant, Alfred Hospital, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Monash University
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A pharmacists perspective
Irvine Newton, Chair, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Harm Minimisation Committee, Community Pharmacist
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Reconnexion
Gwenda Cannard, Chief Executive Officer, Reconnexion
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