Local government initiatives

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 1 number 5, April 2003

This issue of DrugInfo discusses local government initiatives in drug prevention.

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Contents

Bendigo Youth Arts Network
Nadia Reid, Chair, Bendigo Youth Arts Network and Olivia Reid, Project Officer, Bendigo Community Health Services

Key issues for local governments in drug policy
Glenn Menner, Community Development and Policy Officer, Local Governments Drug Project, Victorian Local Governance Association

Women at risk: uncovering the harms
Mark Boyd, Misuse of Pharmaceuticals Project Worker, City of Darebin

 Salvation Army and Odyssey Counselling Service
Sarah Robinson, Project Officer, Community Health, City of Stonnington

School community forums at Kingston/Bayside
Gabrielle Koutoukidis, Health Planner, City of Kingston

Darebin syringe liaison project. A collaboration between Darebin Community Health Service and Darebin City Council
Cheryl Delalande, Manager, North Eastern AIDS Prevention Program

Primary prevention - a whole-school approach to building resiliency and achievement outcomes
Heather Leary, Assistant Principal, Benalla Primary School

"Totally sick"
Kym Neville, Community Development Officer, Shire of Yarra Ranges

Cigarette sales to minors program
Maija Rivis, Team Leader, Cigarette Sales to Minors Team, Alcohol, Tobacco and Koori Drug Policy Unit, Department of Human

Casey smoke free environments—plan for a healthy future
Susan Allatt-Rice, Environmental Health Officer, City of Casey

ADIN as a web resource for local government workers
Fiona Lindsay, Australian Drug Information Network, Project Manager, Australian Drug Foundation