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Drug Info book collection

Information about the Drug Info book collection in your library.

The Drug Info book collection is a small collection of plain English books about drugs and alcohol. The collection is small due to the limited availability of Australian books about drugs and alcohol. Public libraries may choose to make these items available for loan or keep them together as a set in their reference collection. Books may be interfiled within the library's main collections.

The Drug Info book collection is updated by State Library Drug Info staff annually. The Drug Info contact receives notification either by email or post that the Drug Info book collection needs to be updated. The Drug Info contact arranges the purchase of any new titles or editions and removes and discards any out of date titles.

All of the books and booklets in the collection have been catalogued on Libraries Australia. You should easily be able to do copy cataloguing.

List updated February 2021

Alcohol, other drugs and pregnancy, 5th edition

Author Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Publisher Alcohol and Drug Foundation, Melbourne
Date 2017
ISBN 9780858090856
Cost Out of print

The grog book

Author Maggie Brady
Publisher Canberra, Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing
Date 2005
ISBN 0642826277
Cost Out of print

A guide to coping: support for families faced with problematic drug use

Author Family Drug Support
Publisher Family Drug Support
Date 2007
ISBN 9780958195638
Cost Out of print

Healthy spirit healthy community: a guide to drugs and alcohol within our community

Author Alcohol and Drug Foundation in conjunction with the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
Publisher Alcohol and Drug Foundation in conjunction with the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
Date 2016
Cost Free - order online via the Your Room website - yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au

A quick guide to drugs & alcohol 3rd edition

Author National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) and Steve Bolt
Publisher Library Council of NSW, Sydney
Date 2017
ISBN 0731372395
Cost Free to NSW public libraries
Note Out of print - available online via Drug Info website - druginfo.sl.nsw.gov.au/quick-guide-drugs-alcohol

Teenagers, Alcohol and Drugs: what your kids really want and need to know about alcohol and drugs

Author Paul Dillon
Publisher Crows Nest, NSW, Allen & Unwin
Date 2009
ISBN 9781741756807
Cost $29.95 - order via publisher or library suppliers