ADF welcomes community funding to reduce binge drinking

The Australian Drug Foundation today welcomed the federal government's funding of Community Level Initiatives to tackle Australia's major social problem of binge drinking.   

ARC linkage grant

The Australian Drug Foundation congratulates the joint team of researchers from Hunter New England Population Health, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre and the Australian Drug Foundation on their success in securing an ARC Linkage Grant.

One hundred and twenty sports clubs in rural/regional New South Wales will be recruited to participate in the longitudinal study which aims to determine whether the Good Sports program is effective in reducing the overall level of alcohol consumption and the prevalence of at-risk alcohol consumption among members of community sports clubs. This information is crucial to our ongoing efforts to reduce alcohol-related harm throughout Australia

We would like to particularly congratulate the team of Associate Professor John Wiggers; Professor Robin Room; Dr Patrick McElduff; Mr Bosco C Rowland; Dr Jane Mallick; Associate Professor Colin Bell; Dr Luke Wolfenden; Mr Michael J Livingston and Ms Karen E Gillham for their work on this application.

For more information email druginfo@adf.org.au

AFL illicit drug policy a leader in the field

The Australian Drug Foundation today spoke out at the Australian Football League's press conference in support of the AFL's illicit drug policy.

'The AFL's illicit drug policy is one of the most rigorous drug policies in sport internationally, and we praise their commitment to the health and welfare of their players,' said the ADF Chief Executive, John Rogerson. 'We're pleased to see them take steps to continue to develop a culture which supports players, parents and other members of the community to reduce the likelihood of drug problems.'

Mr Rogerson urged parents to use the publicity around the AFL drugs policy to discuss drug issues with their children.

For our media release and more information about how to talk to your child about drugs click here.

Alcohol industry cannot be trusted

New liquor industry sales data obtained by the Australian Drug Foundation shows the sales of RTDs have plummeted by 36% and sales of spirits have hardly changed, increasing by only 3.4%, a far cry from the 46% increase in the recent Liquor Merchants Association of Australia data.

Overall, this new data shows an decrease in all alcohol consumption of 11.4% when compared to the same period last year, a strong indicator that the alcopop tax is having a positive impact.

John Rogerson, ADF CEO, says: "These figures prove the alcohol industry has been trying to mislead the Australian community on the alcohol issue, just like the tobacco industry did in the 1980s. The alcohol industry can no longer be trusted and should have no role in developing more effective policy to reduce alcohol related harm in Australia." 

   To read the media release in full, please click here.  

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