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The National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline

For free and confidential advice about alcohol and other drugs, call the National Alcohol and Other Drug hotline: 1800 250 015. It will automatically direct you to the Alcohol and Drug Information Service in your state or territory. Click here for more information

Counselling online

An online text-based counselling for people concerned about their own drinking or drug use. The service is equally available to people concerned about a family member, relative or friend. Click here for more information

Cracks in the ice

An online toolkit providing evidence-based and up-to-date information and resources about crystal methamphetamine (ice) for the Australian community. Click here for more information

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Emerging Drugs

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Emerging Drugs Resources

Emerging Drugs (Definition)
Emerging Drugs Resources
Drug Checking Services
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Definition of ‘Emerging Drugs’

The Australian Government Department of health defines Emerging Drugs as: new psychoactive drugs appearing on the market. They include novel drug classes which are potentially harmful. They also include new formulations of older drug classes for which problems related to their use are emerging. The situation is rapidly changing. There are hundreds of emerging drugs of concern, and this number is increasing every year.

Definition of ‘Emerging Drugs’

The Australian Government Department of health defines Emerging Drugs as: new psychoactive drugs appearing on the market. They include novel drug classes which are potentially harmful. They also include new formulations of older drug classes for which problems related to their use are emerging. The situation is rapidly changing. There are hundreds of emerging drugs of concern, and this number is increasing every year.

Emerging Drugs Resources

The Drug Wheel (Australian Alcohol and Drug Foundation)

Harm Reduction Victoria Dancewize (Scroll to Substance Specific Brochures)

Touchbase - Alcohol and other drug information for LGBTI Australians

High Alert New Zealand

UNODC Southeast Asia and Pacific: Global SMART Programme

UNODC Early Warning Advisory on New Psychoactive Substances

UNODC New Psychoactive Substances Portal and International Collaborative Exercise Portal

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

United Kingdom Report Illicit Drug Reactions (RIDR)

Talk to Frank (UK)

Welsh Emerging Drugs & Identification of Novel Substances Project (WEDINOS)

Know The Score (Scotland)

United States National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS)

United States Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs (SWGDRUG)

United States Center for Forensic Science Research & Education

Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (CICAD)

Drug Checking Services

Pill Testing Australia

The Loop Australia

Know Your Stuff New Zealand

Trans European Drug Information

DIMS: Trimbos Institute (Netherlands)

Energy Control (Spain)

British Columbia Centre on Substance Use: Drug Checking

Alliance for Collaborative Drug Checking — Chicago Recovery Alliance

Kosmicare (Portugal)

checkit! (Austria)

DrogArt (Slovenia)

The Loop (UK)

Neutravel (Italy)

SaferParty (Switzerland)

TechnoPlus (France)

Échele Cabeza (Colombia)

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Drug Trends (NDARC)

Alcohol and Drug Foundation

Positive Choices