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Illicit drug use in rural and remote Indigenous communities

  • Year: 2006
  • Author: Putt, Judy; Delahunty, Brendan
  • Publisher: Australian Institute of Criminology
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 1921185163
  • Country: Australia

This research project, commissioned in response to police requests for information, investigated the extent of Indigenous drug use in rural and remote areas, and the harms identified with this drug use. The paper discusses police perception of use, supply of illicit drugs, community perception of harms, police perception of harms, and contribution to crime of drug use.

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