Preventing harms associated with volatile substance abuse

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 3 number 1, August 2004

This issue of DrugInfo discusses the current state of volatile substance abuse and methods for preventing harm through this abuse.

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Contents

New drug program is "SMART"

Chroming and young people: Back to the future
Guest editorial by Tony Palmer, Youth Substance Abuse Service

New police powers for prevention of volatile substance misuse
Phil Harrison, Senior Sergeant, Drug & Alcohol Strategy Unit, Victoria Police

New chroming laws—a Youthlaw perspective
Sarah Nicholson, Director, Youthlaw, At Frontyard

Chroming: Stories of pleasure and shame
Sarah MacLean, Youth Research Centre, The University of Melbourne

Keeping it Real. Why Chrome?
Simon Chung, Bayside Community Health Service

Prevention research summaries: Preventing harms associated with volatile substance abuse
Research summaries prepared by Associate Professor John W. Toumbourou, Centre for Adolescent Health, Melbourne

Information on volatile substance use on the web
Fiona Lindsay, Project Manager, Australian Drug Information Network, Australian Drug Foundation