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Drug and alcohol information for PDHPE students

This guide takes you to key eresources, books and information about drugs and alcohol for PDHPE students.
Tags: alcohol, drugs, pdhpe

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Access anywhere with a library cardIn the Library (or anywhere with a Library card for NSW residents)
Available to access in the libraryOnly in the Library
Publicly available onlinePublicly available

Getting started

This guide takes you to key websites, eresources, books and information about drugs and alcohol for PDHPE students.

Use the guide to find sources of information about:

  • drug use including polydrug use, drug treatment and dependence
  • specific drugs, including their long and short term effects, how they are used, legal status and information on mixing drugs
  • adolescent drug use
  • consequences of drug use
  • statistics and reports
  • drug trends and policies
  • how to analyse and assess online health information.

A quick guide to drugs and alcohol

Compiled by Drug Info

This guide has been developed by staff of Drug Info, State Library of NSW.

Drug Info is a free drug and alcohol information service for the community of NSW. 

Information is provided to the community via the Drug Info website, a collection of  plain language books and factsheets held in NSW public libraries and public programs delivered by public library staff.

The Drug Info service is co-ordinated by staff of the Drug Info service at the State Library of NSW. Drug Info staff administer the Drug Info website, provide updates to the book collections in public libraries, and assist libraries to deliver the service and programs to their communities.