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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 The Drug Info contact arranges the purchase of any new titles or editions and removes and discards any out of date titles.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 | Contact Drug Info |
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 |