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2004

National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) Consortium (2004)
Alcohol and other drugs: a handbook for professionals
Canberra: Australian Department of Health and Ageing

This handbook, designed for the wide range of people working in the area of alcohol and other drugs, provides general overviews of the key issues related to various drugs. Separate chapters are devoted to a number of illicit drugs – cannabis (chapter 5), amphetamines (chapter 6), ecstasy (chapter 7), cocaine (chapter 8), and heroin and other opioids (chapter 9).
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Last updated: 14 December 2006