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Illicit drugs and alcohol

National Drug Strategy: Australia's Integrated Framework 2004-2009

The National Drug Strategy: Australia's Integrated Framework 2004-2009 provides a coordinated and integrated approach to drug issues in Australia by building on the experience and achievements of the National Drug Strategic Framework 1998/99 to 2002/03.

Objectives

  • prevent the uptake of harmful drug use;
  • reduce the supply and use of illicit drugs in the community;
  • reduce the risks to the community of criminal drug offences and other drug related crime, violence and antisocial behaviour;
  • reduce risk behaviours associated with drug use;
  • reduce drug-related harm for individuals, families and communities;
  • reduce the personal and social disruption, loss of life and poor quality of life, loss of productivity and other economic costs associated with harmful drug use;
  • increase access to a greater range of high-quality prevention and treatment services;
  • increase community understanding of drug-related harm;
  • promote evidence-informed practice through research, monitoring drug-use trends, and developing workforce organisation and systems;
  • strengthen existing partnerships and build new partnerships to reduce drug related harm;
  • develop and strengthen links with other related strategies; and
  • develop mechanisms for the cooperative development, transfer and use of research among interested parties.

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