References

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2002. (2001). National Drug Strategy Household Survey: First results. AIHW Cat No. PHE 35. Canberra: AIHW (Drug Statistics Series No 9).
  
  
• Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health (1995). Handbook on alcohol and other drug problems for medical practitioners and other health care workers. Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service.
  
  
• Julien, R. (1995) Primer of Drug Action. New York: W.H. Freeman.
  
  
• MIMS Australia, published by Medimedia, is monthly and annual guide used by health professionals to find information on pharmaceuticals. While these guides are not generally available to the general public, they can often be sourced from hospital libraries and medical practitioners.
  
  
• Ryder, D., Salmon, A. & Walker, N. (2001). Drug Use and Drug-related Harm: A delicate balance. IP Communications Pty Ltd.
  
  
• Upfal, J, (1998) The Australian Drug Guide, 4^th ed. Melbourne, Australia: Bookman Press.

Websites

• Club drugs available on National Institute on Drug Abuse (www.drugabuse.gov). Slide Teaching Packet 1, For Health Practitioners, Teachers and Neuroscientists. The Brain and the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana.
  
  
• An excellent website, Internet Mental Health, with details descriptions of major disorders and links to many high quality mental health and AOD-related sites (www.mentalhealth.com)
  
  
• Devoted to the psychopharmacology with a very wide range of links: academic, lay and weird: Hedweb - good drug guide website - references (www.biopsychiatry.com/refs)
  
  
• AIDS Council Australia (www.aidscouncil.org.au)
  
  
• Hepatitis NSW (www.hep.org.au)
  
  
• The Centre for Education and Information on Drugs and Alcohol (CEIDA) (www.ceida.net.au)
  
  
• Medical Information Mangement System (MIMS) (www.mims.com.au)
  
  
• Addictions & drugs available on PsychNet-UK (www.psychnet-uk.com)
  
  
• Drug Info Clearninghouse - The drug prevention network (www.druginfo.adf.org.au)
  
  
• The Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) (www.adf.org.au)
  
  
• The Alcohol and Other Drug Council of Australia (ADCA) (www.adca.org.au)
  
  
• The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) (ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au)
  
  
• The Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies (NADA) (www.nada.org.au)
  
  
• Drug Arm (This site is particularly focused on youth issues) (www.drugarm.org.au)
  
  
• The Australian Drug Information Network (www.adin.com.au)