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Organisations providing information on drugs

The following groups provide information and resources in the fight against illicit drugs.

Drug Watch International
International organisation providing an excellent source of information and research about drugs.

DACA - Drug Advisory Council of Australia
DACA is located in Victoria and "provides information on illicit drug issues and recommend policies that eliminate harm to our community". They say "Our harm elimination alternatives are successfully working in other communities. We believe that the seriousness of the Australian drug abuse necessitates urgent and sustained efforts to educate, restrict, proscribe and treat illicit drug use. . ."

Drug - ARM
DRUG ARM Australasia is a not-for-profit, non-government organization. Their vision is Reaching Out, Reducing Harm.

Victorian Community Coalition For A Drug Free Society
Coalition of community groups set up in 2000 to promote abstinence-based drug treatment and oppose injecting rooms and heroin trials.

Australians For a Drug Free Society
The State Coalitions formed a national body during 2001.

UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (UNODCCP or UNDCP)
UN site with statistics, resources, information on the fight against drugs.