Schools
q Are the schools in your area participating in
the School
Drug Education Project?
q Are the school P&Cs actively involved in
promoting healthy schools including drug management issues?
q What are the schools' policies regarding drug
use, truancy, and exclusion from schools?
q Are the social support staff informed about
drug use management and referral procedures (e.g. school deputy, psychologist, nurse,
chaplain, youth education officer, school based police officers)
q Other
Parents
q Do parents receive drug education material as
part of the School Drug Education Project?
q Are there regular Drugs In Perspective courses
conducted for parents?
q Are parents in your area aware of the Parent
Drug Information Service (PDIS)?
q Is drug information and services for parents
made available through local drug agencies and other health and welfare agencies? (e.g.
GPs, Hospital, and other health and welfare agency waiting areas)
- What services are available for children whose parents are using drugs?
- What services are available for parents whose children are using drugs?
- What services are available for drug using parents?
q Other
Media
q Is there a media management program which aims
to provide:
q Good news stories about local drug management
q Feature articles about the hazards of drug use
q Information about not glamorising drug use
q Information about restraint on reporting on
volatile substance use which does not identify substances used or dangerous methods of
use?
q Other
Work-site drug information
q Does local industry and work-sites have a drug
management policy and procedures?
q Have local retailers become Drug Aware
businesses (through their LDAG), agreeing to abide by a code of conduct for the sale of
alcohol, tobacco and solvents.
q How many pharmacies in your area have joined
the Drug Aware Pharmacy Project?
q Other
Professional Drug Information
q Is there regular professional development
information and education regarding drug management for professionals in your area?
q What are the drug training resources in your
area? (Training resources are available @ Agency
Resources)
Drug Users
q Are there any peer support programs?
q Are there any overdose management programs?
q Is there adequate self-help material available?
q Other
General Practitioners and Hospitals
q Do GPs and hospitals have a drug management
plan which includes:
q Screening, brief intervention and referral
options
q Alternatives to prescribing tranquillisers and
anti-depressants
q Inpatient and outpatient detoxification
protocol
q Availability of methadone
q Testing of blood-borne viruses for injecting
drug users including pre and post-test counselling
q Drug information including self-help material
available
q Other
Community Health
q Are Community Health Services actively
involved in screening and referral of drug-related problems?
q Provision of outpatient detoxification support
services?
q Other
q What are the services provided by your local
Community Drug Service Team?
q What are the other drug specific services
(click agencies) in your local area and what
do they provide?
q What are the state-wide drug-related services
(click agencies) which are available to you
locally?
q Which general health and welfare services in
your area are participating in the Practice Development Drug Management Project?
q Which pharmacies are participating in the Drug
Aware Pharmacy Project? Do they also supply 'fit packs' and/or dispense Methadone?
q What drug-related services are available for
the following groups:
q Aboriginal people?
q Non-English Speaking Background?
q Women?
q Men?
q Youth?
q Elderly?
q What outreach services are available in your
area and do they provide drug-related assistance?
q What are the inter-agency case management
procedures in your area?
q What are your agencies policies and procedures
regarding drug use issues?
q Other
q Do police conduct frequent random breath
checks?
q Is there a rapid response service available
for those who identify drug related problems?
q Do police patrol licensed premises and stores
selling tobacco to enforce the Tobacco Act and the Liquor Licensing Act?
q Are the police and welfare agencies working
together to manage intoxication on the street?
q Are the police in your area participating in
local diversion programs?
q Other
q Is there a Local Drug Action Group in your
area and what are they doing?
q Are there any Community Accords in your area?
q What are the drug management issues your
District Crime Prevention / Community Policing Committee are addressing?
q What are the other coordinating committees
which might manage drug use issues in your area?
q Have there been any community forums to deal
with local, specific drug use issues?
q Other
What are the other community resources which may be protective against the
amount of and impact of drug use:
q Recreation facilities
q Accommodation facilities
q Employment opportunities
q General counselling services such as
relationship counselling
q Self-help groups
q Other