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8 results foundAuthor: Bradford, Deborah Title: An Analysis of Alcohol and Psycho-Stimulant Use from the 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey Summary: The aim of this paper is to examine what proportion of current alcohol consumers are also current consumers of psycho-stimulants in the Australian population. Using population survey data obtained from the 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, this brief considers the proportion of alcohol drinkers who report recent consumption of amphetamines and cocaine. Among the sample of survey respondents 18 years and over results showed that the level of psychostimulant use was low among the population of alcohol consumers. This finding was evident even among those drinkers who reported drinking most frequently and in the most risky manner. For those respondents estimated to be at the highest risk for alcohol-related harm, only 12.9 per cent reported use of amphetamines and 8.6 per cent reported use of cocaine in the 12 months prior to the survey. These findings suggest that in the general population, concurrent use of alcohol and psycho-stimulants is likely to be low. Details: Sydney: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2010. 3p. Source: Internet Resource: Bureau Brief: Issue Paper No. 53: Accessed April 4, 2011 at: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/bb53.pdf/$file/bb53.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Australia URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/bb53.pdf/$file/bb53.pdf Shelf Number: 121222 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Australia)AmphetaminesCocaineDrug Abuse |
Author: Smith, Lance Title: Policing Licensed Premises in the Australian Capital Territory Summary: There is an old joke that says that an Australian’s definition of a drinking problem is being in a situation where you can’t get a drink. This reflects Australia’s well-established reputation for being a community where the consumption of alcohol, frequently at excessive and harmful levels, is associated with many forms of entertainment and participation in social events. In other words, the association between alcohol consumption and the enjoyment of social activity is a deeply embedded cultural phenomenon. However, the evidence relating to the range of individual and social harms associated with alcohol misuse is strong. In 2007, one in four Australians were a victim of alcohol-related verbal abuse, 13 percent were put in fear and 4.5 percent of Australians aged 14 years or older had been physically abused by someone under the influence of alcohol (AIHW 2008). The rates of physical and verbal abuse by a person affected by alcohol are more than twice the rate for other drug types. Alcohol-related crime and disorder also has a significant adverse impact upon the perceptions of safety among the broader community. At the same time, Australia also has a substantial reputation for developing and implementing innovative policy approaches to trying to reduce the harms associated with excessive alcohol use and violence in particular. Many of these initiatives have been focused on regulatory responses that target licensed premises and liquor outlets. Licensed premises are a high-risk setting for alcohol-related violence, with a large proportion of assaults occurring in or within very close proximity to hotels and nightclubs. Furthermore, both patrons and staff of licensed premises are at a heightened risk of becoming involved in a violent incident compared with other locations. Over the years, police and liquor regulatory authorities, often in partnership with liquor licensees, have committed significant effort and resources to efforts to improve the overall safety of drinking venues and the overall amenity of the nearby community. Unfortunately, often what has been missing from such efforts has been any systematic assessment of their relative effectiveness and methods for sharing the lessons learned. This report is part of an attempt to redress this knowledge deficit. Undertaken in close partnership with Australian Capital Territory Policing (ACTP), the project was a detailed study of the effectiveness of a series of policing measures implemented by the ACTP over several months to reduce and prevent alcohol-related violence in and around licensed premises and entertainment precincts in the ACT. As with similar studies previously conducted here and overseas, the project found mixed results in relation to effectiveness. However, the project was able to help identify and explain what things were working and why, thereby providing a series of evidence-based recommendations for future policing in this area, many of which it is pleasing to note have already been adopted by ACTP. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2011. 85p. Source: Internet Resource: Technical and Background Paper 48: Accessed October 18, 2011 at: http://www.aic.gov.au/en/publications/current%20series/tbp/41-60/tbp048.aspx Year: 2011 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/en/publications/current%20series/tbp/41-60/tbp048.aspx Shelf Number: 123049 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Australia)Alcohol Related Crime, DisorderCrime Prevention |
Author: Costello, D. Title: Drink or Drunk: Why Do Staff at Licensed Premises Continut to Serve Patrons to Intoxication Despirte Current Laws and Interventions? Final Report Summary: Addressing drinking behaviours, intoxication and the resultant behaviours from intoxication in Australia is influenced by several issues—the social acceptability of intoxication, the acceptance of licensed venues as places where intoxication happens and a general belief that violence and aggression at licensed venues is inevitable. Over the past 20 years, Australia has made significant moves to address issues of alcohol-related harm and violence through server regulations such as RSA training, State and Territory liquor controls, security legislation and through localised liquor management plans and accords. Despite such interventions and media attention around the risks associated with unsafe drinking habits, intoxicated people continue to be able to easily access alcohol and be served in licensed venues. The aim of the current study was to gain an understanding of why staff at licensed premises continue to serve patrons to intoxication and the factors that increase this, despite current laws and interventions. Motivating factors for continuing alcohol service and the different perspectives of both bar staff and venue owners and managers are investigated in this project. Details: Canberra: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2011. 46p. Source: Internet Resource: Monography Series No. 38: Accessed January 17, 2012 at: http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_38.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Australia URL: http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_38.pdf Shelf Number: 123646 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Australia)Alcohol Law EnforcementAlcohol-Related Crime, AggressionDrunk and DisorderlyIntoxication |
Author: Carragher, Natacha Title: What are the Options? Pricing and taxation policy reforms to redress excessive alcohol consumption and related harms in Australia Summary: Increasing community and political concern about excessive alcohol consumption and related harms in Australia has prompted calls for the introduction of tighter regulatory controls. From an evidence-based, research perspective, measures which increase alcohol prices and taxes, in particular, are considered most effective for reducing alcohol consumption and related harms. Accordingly, this report presents a review of pricing and taxation policy levers that have been considered and/or implemented nationally and internationally. These policies include: alcohol taxation and differential price by beverage; special/additional taxation on alcopops; minimum pricing; and bans on price discounts and promotions. Industry response to these policy initiatives is discussed, in addition to the role of public opinion in policy-making, and the issue of substitution and complementarity with other drugs. This review is designed to inform policymakers of useful taxation and pricing policy levers to redress alcohol-related harm in the Australian community. We conclude that each policy holds some promise, and it appears that they would be more successful when used in combination than as individual uncoordinated strategies. Details: Sydney, Australia: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Attorney General's Department, 2011. 80p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 11, 2012 at http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/R59a.pdf/$file/R59a.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Australia URL: http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/R59a.pdf/$file/R59a.pdf Shelf Number: 124089 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Australia)Alcohol Law EnforcementIntoxicationTaxation |
Author: Senior, Kate Title: Moving Beyond the Restrictions: The Evaluation of the Alice Springs ALcohol Management Plan Summary: As part of the Northern Territory Government's Alcohol Framework, an Alcohol Management Plan (AMP) was developed in 2006 for the regional outback town of Alice Springs. The Plan had the three key strategies of reducing supply, reducing harm, and reducing demand. In 2008 the Menzies School of Health Research was commissioned to evaluate what strategies had been implemented in Alice Springs, and whether these were effective. This is the report of the evaluation, and features sections on: The Alice Springs context; Best Practice in addressing alcohol related problems; Recommendations from previous evaluations in Alice Springs; Implementation; Alcohol services and their coordination; Measuring impact; Community perspectives and responses; Community readiness; Liquor industry responses; Developing community involvement; and Developing evaluation framework and a minimum data set. The authors note that like previous evaluations from the 1970s onwards, any strategies require an investment in community change, for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous members of the community, with a fundamentally different way to address alcohol issues and extensive community consultation. Details: Casuarina, N.T.: Menzies School of Health Research, 2009?. 197. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 21, 2012 at http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/licenreg/documents/liquor/reports/MSHR%20Evaluation%20of%20the%20Alice%20Springs%20Alcohol%20Restrictions.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Australia URL: http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/licenreg/documents/liquor/reports/MSHR%20Evaluation%20of%20the%20Alice%20Springs%20Alcohol%20Restrictions.pdf Shelf Number: 124226 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Australia)Alcohol Treatment ProgramsEvaluative StudiesIndigenous Peoples |
Author: Lloyd, Belinda Title: Drinking Cultures and Social Occasions: Alcohol Harms in the Context of Major Public Holidays and Cultural Events Summary: This research is produced by Eastern Health-Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre with VicHealth funding, and shows a link between days around major sporting events and increases in alcohol intoxication and related harm based on data on ambulance attendances, emergency department and hospital admissions, and police attendances. It provides evidence that acute intoxication, motor vehicle accidents and injuries due to assaults increase around these events, and generally rise the day before. It shows peak times for alcohol-related harms in Melbourne occuring on Fridays and Saturdays, and during the warmer months. This evidence highlights the impact of risky alcohol use and the harmful drinking culture on resource allocation and staffing for police, ambulance and emergency services. The data also gives valuable guidance for targeting alcohol intervention and prevention initiatives and health education campaigns to minimise harms associated with drinking. Details: Melbourne: VicHealth, 2011. 81p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 5, 2012 at: http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/Publications/Alcohol-Misuse/Sporting-events-Drinking-cultures-and-social-occasions.aspx Year: 2011 Country: Australia URL: http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/Publications/Alcohol-Misuse/Sporting-events-Drinking-cultures-and-social-occasions.aspx Shelf Number: 126882 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Australia)Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder |
Author: Symons, Martyn Title: A Longitidunal Study of Influences on Alcohol Consumption and Related harm in Central Australia: With a Particular Emphasis on the Role of Price Summary: The aim of this project was to examine and report on the impact of various alcohol control measures on levels of alcohol consumption and related harm in Central Australia for the period 2000–2010. Specific objectives were to: • describe trends in alcohol consumption in Central Australia; • describe trends in key indicators of alcohol-related harm; • describe key interventions aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm; • identify any changes in consumption and indicators of harm and to test whether, or to what extent, these can be attributed to particular interventions or combinations of them; and, • report on the implications for alcohol policy and strategies to reduce alcohol related harm. Details: Perth, Western Australia: National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, 2012. 163p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 10, 2012 at: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/11_2012/ndri_report.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Australia URL: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/11_2012/ndri_report.pdf Shelf Number: 127198 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Australia)Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder |
Author: Lloyd, Belinda Title: Drinking Cultures and Social Occasions: Alcohol Harms in the Context of Major Sporting Events Summary: his report looks at the harms associated with alcohol consumption in the context of major sporting events which were explored in terms of general patterns, gender and age patterns. A range of alcohol-related harms were considered, including acute intoxication requiring medical attention, assaults, and motor vehicle accidents. The use of time series analysis allows exploration of the levels of harms associated with specific events after controlling for the impact of seasonal and temporal variations in alcohol-related harms. Across all populations examined, the peak months of the year for ambulance attendances, emergency department presentations, and hospital admissions attributed to acute alcohol intoxication were November and December, with February also being identified as a peak month among males. Consistent with the literature, Fridays and Saturdays were the days with the highest concentrations of alcohol intoxication related attendances, presentations and admissions. Varying effects were noted for major sporting events. Significantly elevated numbers of cases of acute alcohol intoxication were evident for all groups examined on the day before the Melbourne Cup, whilst elevated cases were seen for all patients and for males on the day before the AFL Grand Final. For all groups examined, elevated cases of alcohol intoxication occurred on the day of the Melbourne Cup, and also for all groups except females on the day of the AFL Grand Final and the event of the Commonwealth Games. Numbers of ambulance attendances for acute intoxication were significantly lower than expected on the day following the Melbourne Cup for all patients, and this was driven by the trend among females. Details: Melbourne: VicHealth, 2011. 81p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 16, 2012 at http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/~/media/ResourceCentre/PublicationsandResources/alcohol%20misuse/DrinkingCultures-SportingEvents/FullReport_DrinkingCultures-SportingEvents_VicHealth-TurningPoint.ashx Year: 2011 Country: Australia URL: http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/~/media/ResourceCentre/PublicationsandResources/alcohol%20misuse/DrinkingCultures-SportingEvents/FullReport_DrinkingCultures-SportingEvents_VicHealth-TurningPoint.ashx Shelf Number: 127210 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Australia)Alcohol Related Crime, DisorderSporting Events |