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Projects and community groups

Department of Human Services. Responsible Sale of solvents – a Retailer’s Kit. [website]

Youth Substance Abuse Service. [website]

Sunshine Chroming Awareness Program. [website]

Breathing Easy - the Eastern Region Illicit Substance Community Safety Project. [website]


If you have a project you would like us to add to this page please email us.

Victorian government web pages

Department of Human services. Drug Related Services, Information kit about inhalant abuse. [website]

Department of Human services. Drug Related Services, Guidelines for the community care and drug and alcohol sector. [website]

Department of Human Services. Responsible Sale of solvents – a Retailer’s Kit. [website]

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. [report recently moved from website.  A hardcopy is available from the NIIS]

Legislation

Victorian Legislation homepage. [website]

The legislation in Victoria relating to inhalants abuse:

Primary Act
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981   updated 3 September 2009 [pdf - 1.36 MB]
PART IV-Deleterious substances and search, seizure and detention powers relating to volatile substances.

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Volatile Substances) Regulations 2004 [pdf - 559 kB]

The objectives of these Regulations are—
(a) to prescribe the manner in which searches without warrant under Division 2 of Part IV of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled
Substances Act 1981 are to be conducted; and
(b) to prescribe the particulars to be included in records of those searches; and
(c) to prescribe the particulars to be included in records of receipt of any volatile substance or item used to inhale a volatile substance
seized as a result of those searches; and
(d) to prescribe the particulars to be included in records of apprehension and detention under Division 2 of Part IV of the Drugs,  Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981; and
(e) to prescribe the particulars to be included in records of the disposal or making safe of any volatile substance or item used to inhale a volatile substance received or seized under Division 2 of Part IV of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981.

Help

For information, counselling, referral and advice

Alcohol & Drug Information Service
24 hour helpline
1800 888 236

{ page updated: 3 December 2009 }