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NIIS Current Awareness Newsletter
The NIIS produces an electronic newsletter (NIIS CAN) every three months. The newsletter highlights news and views about inhalant abuse from around Australia and the world. Also included is a list of resources added to the inhalants database.
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Web Links
Australian organisations with an interest in inhalants misuse
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, (Western Australia) [website]
Mt Theo-Yuendumu Substance Misuse Program (MYSMAC), (Northern Territory) [website]
Central Australian Youth Link-Up Service (CAYLUS), (Northern Territory) [website]
Australian Drug Foundation, DrugInfo Clearinghouse [website]
If you would like us to consider adding your website to our list please email us.
International organisations with an interest in inhalants misuse
World Health Organization, Volatile Solvent use [website]
New Zealand:
NZ Drug Foundation, Inhalants and solvents [website]
Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, Solvent and inhalent problems [website]
NZ Drug Foundation, Volatile Substance: a guide for retailers [website]
UK:
Re-Solv - The Society for the Prevention of solvent and volatile substance abuse [website]
Solve-It: Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention [website]
Canada:
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba - Inhalants: the basics [pdf - 328 kB]
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission - Beyond the abcs: information for professionals: solvent/inhalants [pdf - 454 kB]
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse – National Youth Solvent Abuse Program FAQ [pdf - 151 kB]
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - Do you know...inhalants [pdf - 62 kB]
Health Canada - National youth solvent abuse program. [website]
Youth Solvent Addition Committee [website]
USA:
National Institute on Drug Abuse [website]
National Inhalant Prevention Coalition [website]
Alliance for Consumer Education [website]
The New England Inhalant Abuse Prevention Coalition [website]
Reports
Australian Government (2010). Combined Australian Government response to two Senate Community Affairs References Committee reports on petrol sniffing in Indigenous communities. Canberra. [pdf - 239 kB]
This document is the Australian government’s response to the 2006 report Beyond petrol sniffing: renewing hope for Indigenous communities and the 2008 report Grasping the opportunity of Opal: assessing the impact of the petrol sniffing strategy; detailing their response to the recommendations made in each report.
Cultural & Indigenous Research Centre Australia. (2010). Research to inform the development of the Youth Diversion Communication Strategy in the East Kimberly and Central Desert Region (CDR). FaHCSIA. [website]
Commissioned by FaHCSIA, this research was conducted to inform future communications strategies and policies aimed at reducing substance abuse in the East Kimberly and Central Desert Region .
FaHCSIA (2010). Approved response to Central Australian Petrol Sniffing Strategy Unit review report. [website]
In 2009, URBIS was commissioned to evaluate the Central Australian Petrol Sniffing Strategy Unit (CAPSSU). This report is the response to that evaluation addressing the recommendations of the original report.
Shaw, G. (2010). Research into legislation relating to petrol sniffing - Executive Summary. FaHCSIA. [website]
This report was commissioned by FaHCSIA following the 2006 Senate Community Affairs References Committee report Beyond petrol sniffing: renewing hope for Indigenous communities. It looks at the impact of jurisdictional legislation related to petrol sniffing.
The Senate. Standing Committee on Community Affairs (2009), Grasping the opportunity of Opal: Assessing the impact of the Petrol Sniffing Strategy, Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia [pdf - 1.71 MB]
Australian Government. Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2008), Review of the first phase of the Petrol Sniffing Strategy. [website]
The Senate. Community Affairs Committee (2008), Inquiry into petrol sniffing and substance abuse in Central Australia. [website]
The Senate. Community Affairs Reference Committee (2006), Beyond petrol sniffing: renewing hope for Indigenous communities, Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. [pdf - 905 kB]
National Inhalant Abuse Taskforce (2006), National directions on inhalant abuse, final report. Melbourne: Victorian Government Department of Human Services. [pdf - 915 kB]
The National Inhalant Abuse Taskforce (NIAT) was established by the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy with funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The role of the NAIT was to examine the existing initiatives, programs and strategies that address inhalant abuse in Australia and to make recommendations regarding a national approach on dealing with inhalant abuse.
Northern Territory. Select Committee on Substance Abuse in the Community (2004), Petrol sniffing in remote Northern Territory communities. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. [pdf - 503 kB]
The Northern Territory Select Committee on Substance Abuse undertook an inquiry regarding substance abuse with specific focus on petrol sniffing in remote Northern Territory communities. The committee looked at all aspects of petrol sniffing including community concerns, current trends, social, economic and health consequences, services currently available, factors directly affecting use and policies and services for prevention and treatment.
Victoria. Parliament. Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee (2002), Inquiry into the inhalation of volatile substances: final report. Melbourne: Govt. Printer for the State of Victoria.
The Victorian Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee’s inquiry in the inhalation of volatile substances examined factors contributing to inhalant use, reviewed current and best practice strategies for dealing with inhalant use and looked at ways to minimise the incidence of inhalant use.
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Conference papers and presentations
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Forum - 20 June 2009
The Multinational Assessment and Prevention of Inhalant Abuse section of the conference had four presentations from around the world including Dr Sarah MacLean from Australia. [website]
The aim of the Inhalant Use and Disorder conference hosted by the Australian Institute of Criminology was to ‘provide an opportunity for practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and community groups involved with inhalant misuse to discuss the topic, share knowledge and develop strategies to address the relevant issues’. [website]
Jupiters Hotel, Townsville
7-8 July 2003
{ page updated: 7 October 2011}
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