What drug is that? DVD
The Australian Drug Foundation has developed What drug is that? A guide to drugs and their effects in response to a need for quality video resources set in the Australian context.

This engaging educational documentary discusses a wide range of legal and illegal drugs commonly used by young people in Australia. Terri Psiakis interviews experts including Dr David Caldicott, paramedic Alan Eade and drug and alcohol counsellor Tina Goodman, and explains the effects of using drugs which affect the central nervous system, including: alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, GHB, heroin, ketamine and LSD.

A booklet to support educators, facilitators and group leaders accompanies the DVD.

What drug is that? DVD (Cat no. 687)
AUS. 2006. DVD. 25 min. $95.00

Analgesics (painkillers) resource
How drugs affect you: Analgesics (painkillers) pamphlet
by the Australian Drug Foundation

According to the 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey:

Just over 3.0 per cent of the Australian population aged 14 years and over had used analgesics for non-medical purposes in the previous year. Females aged 14-19 were the most likely to have used analgesics for non-medical purposes in the previous year (4.2 per cent), closely followed by 20-29-year-old males (4.1 per cent). This made non-medical use of analgesics fifth on the list of drugs used in the 12 months prior to the survey - after alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and ecstasy.

In order to meet an increasing demand for information about the risks and effects of over-the-counter analgesics, the Australian Drug Foundation has developed a new resource in the popular series How drugs affect you. How drugs affect you: Analgesics (painkillers) is a 16-page, DL-sized pamphlet covering the effects of misuse and possible health risks and side effects of analgesics such as aspirin, paracetamol, ibuprofen and codeine.

A single, free copy of the new How drugs affect you: Analgesics (painkillers) pamphlet is available to all DrugInfo Clearinghouse members located within Australia. To request your free copy, telephone 1300 85 85 84 or email your name, organisation and postal address to druginfo@adf.org.au.

Subsequent copies are available at $0.35 each and can be ordered through the ADF resource catalogue or online at www.bookshop.adf.org.au.

How drugs affect you: Analgesics (painkillers) (Cat no. 713)
AUS. 2006. Pamphlet. 16pp. $0.35 each, discounts apply for bulk quantities.

News and forthcoming events
Somazone has just launched an exciting new feature of the website: the Help & Support Services Database.

ADIN user survey: Let us know how ADIN can be improved to better suit your needs. Take a few moments to complete a simple survey (only nine questions).

Thinking Drinking II: From problems to solutions will be held in Melbourne, Victoria on 26-28 February 2007. Thinking Drinking: Achieving cultural change by 2020, held in February 2005, explained our alcohol problems. Now it's time to turn those problems into solutions.

For more forthcoming news and events, visit the DrugInfo Clearinghouse website at www.druginfo.adf.org.au.

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