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What is drink spiking? What are the warning signs I need to look for? What should I do if I start to feel some of the warning signs? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this factsheet from the Youth Legal Service.

This booklet from the Government of Western Australia is for anyone concerned about a loved one's alcohol or drug use. It looks at topics like:

• The importance of parents and families
• Common reactions and feelings
• Facing drug use in the family

And much more.

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Please note this resource was created outside of Tasmania: it may contain links for services not available in the state.

What is naloxone? What is it used for, and what do we know about the medicine? How do you obtain it? Find this information and more in this factsheet from NPS MedicineWise.

Find out where you can obtain naloxone in Australia and whether you will need a prescription in this factsheet from the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

Whether your job requires drug screening or you’re thinking about using an at-home drug test kit, Dr Michael Robertson, forensic toxicologist and director at Independent Forensic Consulting answers your questions about OTC drug tests.

Drug testing kits are being used more often in workplaces today. We’re not talking about RATS for Covid-19; we’re talking about tests to detect recreational drugs, amphetamines and opiates. This factsheet from MedCart is going to explain, briefly, how the two main kinds of drug testing methods work and what kind of drugs they pick up.

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What is roadside drug testing? Why is it done, and what should you know about it? Learn more with this article from the Australian Drug Foundation.

A urine drug test also known as Urine Drug Screen (UDS) is the most common method of testing for illicit drugs. Learn more about how it works and what it's used for in this factsheet from Australian Drug Testing.

A drug test is a test to find out if you have used a drug or drugs. They look for very small amounts of drugs in the body. But what types of drug tests are there? This factsheet from Drug Aware answers these questions for you.

‘It would be great for us all around Australia to have access to this.’That is the reaction of Dr Hester Wilson, Chair of RACGP Specific Interests Addiction Medicine, as the first fixed site pill-testing site in Australia opens in the ACT.

Following a number of recent drug-related deaths at music festivals across Australia, pill testing has again become a hot topic across media outlets. But how does pill testing work, and does it really encourage drug use? UQ’s Dr Cheneal Puljević, Dr Ellen Leslie and Associate Professor Jason Ferris provide a brief overview of the available evidence.

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In a first for Australia, Canberra has just launched a fixed pill testing site with a six-month pilot program. Learn more about this program in this article from the Australian Drug Foundation.