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This resource contains 19 student activities with teaching notes. The teaching notes list aims, teaching points, notes on using the student activity sheet, extension activites and outcomes. Topics addressed by the activities include attitudes to drugs, media portrayal of drug users, drug categories, terminology and laws, effects of drugs, decision-making and assertiveness, drugs in sport and finding help.

Reviews literature on adolescent substance use and family influences as a source of risk and protection. Discusses the relevant family-based theories of adolescent substance use: family systems theory, social cognitive theory, social control theory and strain theory. The author then looks at family-based risk and protective factors and provides suggestions for future research as well as implications for practice. 

This resource is a youth smoking prevention project designed to target 10-15 year olds. It contains a book, video, 2 posters and the Tobacco Control Act 1990 Summary of Provisions. There are four lesson guides, all written to match Learning Area Outcomes of Health and Physical education. Lesson guides have also been provided for use in the other learning areas of science, society and the environment, english and mathematics.

This website of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) contains media releases and policy statements by ADCA on a range of alcohol and drug related issues. A list of upcoming worldwide conferences relevant to the alcohol and other drugs field is also included. ADCA’s resource catalogue is accessible from this site and allows searching of more than 40,000 journal articles, conference papers and reports on the psychological and social aspects of substance use. 

This comprehensive website provides information about a wide variety of drug issues. Information on the physical effects of drug use, effects on driving and on pregnancy, tolerance, dependency and treatment options for various drugs and drug types are outlined. A glossary of drug related terms is also provided, as is information on reasons for use, young people and drug use, drugs in sport and drug legislation.

Reports on the results of the sixth national survey on the use of alcohol by secondary students that was conducted in 1999. 25,486 students aged 12-17 years participated in the study. Experience with alcohol was high amongst secondary students, with use becoming more common as age increased. By the age of 14 around 90% of students had tried alcohol, and by the age of 17 over 70% of students had drunk alcohol in the month prior to the survey.

Reports on the second national survey on the use of over-the-counter and illicit substances by secondary student that was conducted in 1999. Data was collected from a sample of 3999 secondary schools, with a total of 25,486 students aged between 12 and 17 years participating. The most commonly used substance amongst secondary students was analgesics, with 95% of 12-year-old students having used it. Cannabis was the most commonly used illicit substance, with increased use with age. On the othe