Government of Western Australia Country Resources Substance Abuse Legislation Western Australia 5 February 2016 Legislation/regulation

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The Alcohol and Other Drugs Act 1974 relates to: providing treatment, management, care and rehabilitation of persons experiencing alcohol or other drug use problems or co‑occurring health issues, including persons who have or may have a mental illness; and promoting and subsidising research into and education on the causation, prevention, reduction and treatment of alcohol and other drug use problems and co‑occurring health issues such as mental illness; and establishing and maintaining a coordinated focus on alcohol and other drug use and mental illness, and for related purposes.
Date of latest amendment: 05/02/2016. Date uploaded: 28/04/2021.
For ongoing amendments and the latest version of the law to please refer to this link: https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/law_a27.html

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