Expenditure on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2010-11 was 1.47 times greater than the per non-Indigenous Australian in the same year.
This report reveals increasing health risks for people who inject drugs and significant community concern over the impact of injecting in public areas.
The purpose of this report is to help the Heads of State and Government of the Americas to establish a frame of reference to address the drugs problem in their countries and to guide future multilateral policies and actions.
These scenarios are stories about what 'could' happen in the future in and around the hemispheric drug system, based on current trends, and including relevant political, economic, social, cultural and international dynamics.
This report contains recommendations for federal legislative reform related to civil rights, deficit reduction, law enforcement, foreign policy, sentencing, effective drug treatment, public health, and drug prevention education.
After analysing the regional debate and national-level reforms, this report concludes with policy recommendations that should be undertaken to maintain the momentum and advance drug policy reforms in the region.
This document aims to share experiences and strengthen programming among vulnerable adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
