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Friday, July 20

Mandatory drug treatment "punitive": Children's Commissioner

South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People has labelled the Liberal Government’s plan to introduce mandatory drug treatment for children as a “punitive” approach that breaches young people’s rights.

Health warning after cuts to SA Aboriginal drug and alcohol services

The head of South Australia’s drug and alcohol services network says federal funding cuts to some of the state’s Aboriginal-run drug and alcohol organisations will place imminent strain on the health sector.

Do different drinks make you different drunk?

Gin makes you melancholy, bubbly makes you happy and mixing drinks makes you drunker – or so many people think. Alcohol expert Nicole Lee examines the theory that different drinks affect your mood in different ways.

Beer, bongs and baby boomers

More Australians over 50 are drinking and taking drugs than ever before. Here’s why that can be a problem.

Marshall's "war on drugs" will harm children, not help them: experts

The Liberal Party’s new policy to send sniffer dogs into schools and increase fines for cannabis possession will likely push vulnerable children into more harmful drug use, public health and criminology experts have warned.

Charted: Australia's changing drug and alcohol habits

Drug and alcohol use in Australia is changing, with significant implications for policy-makers, writes Nicole Lee.