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References used for this fact sheet

• Victorian secondary students’ use of licit and illicit substances in 2008, 2010, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Control Research Institute and The Cancer Council Victoria. More information here.
• 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: detailed findings, 2008, Australia Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra. More information here.
• Victorian Drug Trends 2009: findings of the Illicit Drug Reporting System, Australian Drug Trends Series No. 40. National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, The University of New South Wales. More information here.
• Surveillance of notifiable infectious diseases in Victoria, 2007, 2010, Health Protection Branch, Victorian Department of Health. More information here.
• The Victorian Drug Statistics Handbook: Patterns of drug use and related harm in Victoria for the period July 2006 to June 2007,, Mental Health, Drugs & Regions, Victorian Department of Health. More information here.

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