Publications: specific topics

Publications about various aspects of Indigenous illicit drug use have been provided under the topics listed below. Included on this page are journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature about amphetamines.

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Amphetamines

2008

National Drug Strategy (2008)
National Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Strategy 2008-2011.
Canberra: National Drug Strategy
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View report (PDF - 774KB)
View website: National Drug Strategy

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2007

Drug and Alcohol Office (2007)
Western Australia Illicit Amphetamine Summit July 2007: background paper.
Perth: Drug and Alcohol Office
View report (click on 'resource package' then on 'background paper' )
View website: Drug and Alcohol Office

National Drug Strategy (2007)
National amphetamine-type stimulant strategy background paper.
Canberra: National Drug Research Institute and Australian Institute of Criminology
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View report (PDF - 725KB)
View website: National Drug Strategy

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2006

Cao W, Treloar C (2006)
Comparison of needle and syringe programme attendees and non-attendees from a high-using area in Sydney, New South Wales.
Drug and Alcohol Review;25(5):439-444
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers)

Delahunty B, Putt J (2006)
The policing implications of cannabis, amphetamine and other illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. (Monograph series no.15)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
View report (PDF - 702KB)
View website: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund

Nicholas R (2006)
The current amphetamine situation in Australasia - implications for policing.
Marden, SA: Australasian Centre for Policing
View paper (PDF - 247KB)
View website: Australasian Centre for Policing


Putt J, Delahunty B (2006)
Illicit drug use in rural and remote Indigenous communities.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
View report (PDF - 279KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Criminology

2005

Breen C, Roxburgh A, Degenhardt L (2005)
Gender differences among regular injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia, 1996-2003.
Drug and Alcohol Review;24(4):353-358
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers)

Coupland H, Ball K, Costello M, Harvey B, Maher L (2005)
'Something is going to get us': a consultation and development project for a national campaign addressing injecting drug use in Indigenous communities, final report.
Darlinghurst, NSW: Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations and the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League
View report (PDF - 524KB)
View abstract: Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
View website: Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations and the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League

Franks C (2005)
Gallinyalla: a town of substance?: alcohol, tobacco, medicines and other drug use in the Port Lincoln community.
Port Lincoln, SA: Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service Inc.
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Roxburgh A, Degenhardt L, Breen C (2005)
Drug use and risk behaviours among injecting drug users: a comparison between sex workers and non-sex workers in Sydney, Australia.
Harm Reduction Journal;2(7)
View paper (PDF - 274KB)
View website: Harm Reduction Journal

2004

Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales, Mandala Consulting (2004)
Increasing access to services in NSW for Aboriginal people at risk of contracting or who have blood borne infections.
Strawberry Hills, NSW: Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales
View report (PDF - 2.1MB - large file warning!)
View website: Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales

Nicholas R (2004)
Apprehension and custodial care of offenders affected by the use of amphetamine-type stimulants.
Marden, S.A.: Australasian Centre for Policing Research
View paper (PDF - 106KB)
View website: Australasian Centre for Policing Research

2003

Holly C, Shoobridge J (2003)
Investigating the impact of injecting drug use in Indigenous communities in metropolitan Adelaide: community report.
Adelaide: Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc
View abstract: South Australian Policy Online
View website: South Australian Policy Online

2002

Australian National Council on Drugs (2002)
Needle and syringe programs: position paper.
Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs
View report (PDF - 95KB)
View website: Australian National Council on Drugs

2001

Gray D, Saggers S, Atkinson D, Carter M, Loxley W, et al. (2001)
The harm reduction needs of Aboriginal people who inject drugs: community report..
Perth: National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology
View report (PDF - 78KB)
View HealthInfoNet abstract

2000

Correll P, MacDonald M, Dore G (2000)
Hepatitis C infection in Indigenous communities in Australia.
in: Hepatitis C: informing Australia's national response. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care:47-60
View report (PDF - 777KB)
View website: Hepatitis C Council of New South Wales

Roberts C, Crofts N (2000)
Hitting up in the Top End: characteristics of needle exchange clients in Darwin.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;24(1):82-85
View report (PDF - 56KB)
View website: Public Health Association of Australia

1999

Aitken C, Brough R, Crofts N (1999)
Injecting drug use and blood-borne viruses: a comparison or rural and urban Victoria, 1990-1995.
Drug and Alcohol Review;18(1):47-52
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers)

Larson ASC, Eldridge C (1999)
Indigenous Australians who inject drugs: results from a Brisbane study.
Drug and Alcohol Review;18(1):53-62
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers)

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