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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3388 ..

MINISTER FOR SPORT AND RECREATION

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No 448

Drug Use Prevention Programs

MS MCRAE - Asked the Minister upon notice on 28 August 1997:

For each of the financial years 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98

(1) Can you provide details of any drug use prevention programs
(a) administered by your Department; or (b) funded by your department.

(2) Could you provide details of the nature of these programs.

(3) What is (a) the cost of these programs; and (b) the source of the funds.

(4) What is the number of participants that are or were in the program.

(5) What is the length of the program.

(6) Has there been any assessment made of their effectiveness.

MR STEFANIAK - The answer to the Member's question is as follows:

For each of the financial years 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98

(1) (a) The ACT Bureau of Sport, Recreation and Racing (BSR&R) administered three programs related to the prevention of the use of drugs to achieve an artificial advantage in sport (known as doping practices), and to the related issue of the prevention of physical harm from drug usage in sport. These programs are:

i) Sports Drug Education Unit (SDEU);

ii) ACT Academy of Sport Drug Education Policy (ACTAS); and

iii) National Drugs in Sport Framework (NDISF).

(b) The programs stated above were funded by the Department in 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98.

(2) (i) The Sports Drug Education Unit is established by agreement between the BSR&R and the Australian Sports Drug Agency (ASDA). Its aim is to assist the ACT Government

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