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(12) Ted Noffs Foundation provides family outreach counselling.
Family counselling is also potentially available from specialist family counselling services, in addition to alcohol and other drug treatment services, or for example, psychologists/clinical psychologists.
ACT residents can also access the national phone and/or internet family support services, such as Parentline, Family Drug Support Australia, ACT Alcohol and Drug Information Service, Directline and Counselling Online.
Further information and contact details are available on the Australian Institute of Family Studies website at https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/topics/web-resources-drug-and-alcohol-abuse
(13) Population level indicators tend to show declining rates of drug use among young people. ACT data from the Australian Secondary Schools’ Alcohol and Drug Survey show, that in 1996 37.5 per cent of ACT school students aged 12-17 years reported using illicit drugs at least once. This figure had fallen to 17.4 per cent in 2017.
Information on youth drug use is publicly available online from several datasets.
Selected key sources for data on alcohol and other drug use by young people (and adults) in the ACT and/or Australia wide include:
• A Picture of Children and Young People in the ACT: https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/ocyfs/children/a-picture-of-children-and-young-people-in-the-act
• Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in Australia (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare). Available at: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/phe/221/alcohol-tobacco-other-drugs-australia/contents/drug-types/new-and-emerging-psychoactive-substances
• Healthy Canberra: Australian Capital Territory Chief Health Officer’s Report 2018. Available at: https://www.health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-system/data-and-publications/reports/chief-health-officers-report
• Health Stats ACT: Illicit Drugs. Available at https://stats.health.act.gov.au/statistics-and-indicators-categories Interactive data displays include ACT information from the Australian Secondary Students’ Alcohol and Drug Survey (ASSAD).
• ACT Criminal Justice Statistical Profile — December 2017. Available at: http://www.justice.act.gov.au/criminal_and_civil_justice/criminal_justice_statistical_profiles
• Australian Secondary School Student’ Use of Tobacco, Alcohol, Over-the-Counter Drugs and illicit substances. Available at: https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/secondary-school-students-use-of-tobacco-alcohol-and-other-drugs-in-2017_0.pdf
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