Alcohol and other drugs fact sheets

​​Fact sheets for consumers about alcohol, other drugs, and prescribed medicines

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• Are you worried about someone else's drug problem?
• Alcohol
• Amyl Nitrate
• Benzodiazepines
• Caffeine
• Cannabis
• Cocaine
• Depot Buprenorphine
• Driving Safety and Medicines
• Ecstasy
• Energy drinks and caffeine
• Fermented drinks and alcohol​
• GHB: Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate
• Hallucinogens
• Heroin
• Inhalants
• Kava
• Ketamine
• Marijuana
• Methadone
• Speed and ice (Methamphetamine)
• Steroids
• Women and minor tranquillisers

Fact sheets about alcohol and other drugs treatment programs

• Involuntary drug and alcohol treatment
• Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT)

Fact sheets about alcohol and other drugs for clinicians

• Prescribing other medicines for patients on OTP - safety considerations​
  
• Kava clinical fact sheet

Fact sheets for alcohol and other drug treatment services

• Managing driving safety for at risk clients – Example template
• Organisation accreditation
• NSW Health Approved Accreditation Standards
• Patient reported experience measures
• Clinical incident management
• Client discharge and transfer of care​
• Minimum data set for Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services
• AOD-Core1 NSW Minimum Data Set for Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services
• AOD-Core2 Organisation Accreditation and Clinical Governance
• AOD-Core3 Client Reported Experience
• AOD-Core4 Clinical Incident Management
• AOD-Core5 Client Discharge and Transfer of Care​