Jeremy Prichard and Jason Payne surveyed 370 young people in juvenile detention centres around Australia with the aim of understanding their offending patterns, links with drug and alcohol use, and risk factors. Their study confirms that young people in detention have extensive offending and drug use histories, and experience patterns of abuse, neglect, and family...

This series of data briefings, covering each state and territory, presents findings from the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set, a nationally agreed set of common data items collected by government funded service providers of clients of alcohol and other drug treatment services.

Tanya Chikritzhs and Richard Pascal document trends in harms due to risky and high risk drinking for young people across Australia. They report annual rates for males and females aged between15 and 24 years for all states and territories have been presented, as well as comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth and metropolitan and non-metropolitan...

This series of Drug Treatment Data Briefings presents findings from the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set for New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Victoria and Western Australia. This is a nationally agreed set of common data items collected by government funded service providers of...

This report presents national, state and territory statistics about alcohol and other drug treatment services and their clients, including information about the types of drug problems for which treatment is sought and the types of treatment provided. This is the third report in the series of annual publications on the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment...