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MADAM SPEAKER, IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT I TABLE THE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSE TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON DRUGS REPORT ON ALCOHOL AND YOUTH, TITLED "A RITE OF PASSAGE?"

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR ITS VALUABLE REPORT, WHICH ADDRESSES ISSUES OF CONCERN TO ALL OF US.

CENTRAL TO THE COMMITTEES REPORT IS THE RECOGNITION THAT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN CULTURE.

THIS HAS RESULTED IN A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE RANGE OF HARM WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING EXPERIENCED BY YOUNG PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR ALCOHOL USE.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN KEEPING WITH DRUG POLICY AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND WITH THE A.C.T. GOVERNMENTS APPROACH TO OTHER DRUG ISSUES.

THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A WIDE RANGE OF STRATEGIES DESIGNED TO ADDRESS HARM ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG USE BY YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING EDUCATION, SOCIAL AND LEGAL STRATEGIES.

THE EDUCATION STRATEGIES RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE ARE SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

IN FACT MANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE A.C.T. YOUTH ALCOHOL ACTION PLAN WHICH THE ACTING CHIEF MINISTER LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER 1993.

THAT PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WITH AN INTEREST IN YOUTH AFFAIRS.

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