Drug education for schools

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 1 number 3, November 2002

This issue of DrugInfo looks at different aspects of drug education in schools.

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Contents

The Croc Festival
Bernadette Murphy, Premier's Drug Prevention Council, Victoria

Is school drug education effective?
Geoff Munro, Centre for Youth Drug Studies, Australian Drug Foundation

Drug education in schools-the policy context
Milton Long, Senior Policy Officer, Dept of Education & Training

Engaging parents in drug education
Department of Education & Training, Victoria

Creating Conversations
Karen Marsh, Student Welfare Coordinator, Gilmore College

Prevention research summaries: Drug education in schools
John W. Toumbourou

Drug education at an independent primary school
Vicki Blake-Lane, Health Coordinator, Christ Church Grammar School

Restorative practices in Victorian schools
Marg Armstrong and Mary Tobin 

A profile of Life Education Australia
Josephine Baxter, Director, Programs and Training

Somazone
Jo Grzelinska and Courtney Centner, Australian Drug Foundation

The need for a national drug education demonstration project
Richard Midford, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University and Geoff Munro, Centre for Youth Drug Studies

Solving the Jigsaw: Changing the culture of violence
Jodie Coughlan, Child & Youth Programs Coordinator Emergency Accommodation and Support Enterprise (EASE), Bendigo

In Touch: Managing drug use issues in schools
Deborah Wilkes, School Drug Education Project, Western Australia