Indigenous Spiritual Wellbeing Toolbox

Questions

1. The AOD sector is made up of the police, the courts and prisons.
2. Before 1904, Coca Cola contained cocaine, which was then replaced by caffeine.
3. The National Drug Strategy is the Framework that guides the AOD sector.
4. A holistic approach to AOD work means focussing on a client’s spiritual health only.
5. More Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people drink alcohol than non-Indigenous Australians.
6. Grog and drug misuse account for many of the social problems, for example poor health, domestic violence, unemployment, incarceration, poverty, faced by Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
7. Controlling the supply of grog and petrol in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities has solved the AOD issues in all cases.
8. Before European settlement various substances were used, under strict control, in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.
9. Illegal drug use in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people is at least twice as high as mainstream Australia.
10. Harm minimisation is the same approach to grog and drug misuse as prohibition.

Answers

1. The AOD sector is made up of the police, the courts and prisons. False
2. Before 1904, Coca Cola contained cocaine, which was then replaced by caffeine. True
3. The National Drug Strategy is the Framework that guides the AOD sector. True
4. A holistic approach to AOD work means focussing on a client’s spiritual health only. False
5. More Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people drink alcohol than non-Indigenous Australians. False
6. Grog and drug misuse account for many of the social problems, for example poor health, domestic violence, unemployment, incarceration, poverty, faced by Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander peoples. True
7. Controlling the supply of grog and petrol in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities has solved the AOD issues in all cases. False
8. Before European settlement various substances were used, under strict control, in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities. True
9. Illegal drug use in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people is at least twice as high as mainstream Australia. True
10. Harm minimisation is the same approach to grog and drug misuse as prohibition. False