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House Standing Committee on Family and Human Services

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Inquiry into the impact of illicit drug use on families

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Terms of Reference

The Committee shall inquire into and report on how the Australian Government can better address the impact of the importation, production, sale, use and prevention of illicit drugs on families. The Committee is particularly interested in:

  1. the financial, social and personal cost to families who have a member(s) using illicit drugs, including the impact of drug induced psychoses or other mental disorders;

  2. the impact of harm minimisation programs on families; and
  3. ways to strengthen families who are coping with a member(s) using illicit drugs.

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