Have you booked your seat at the Insights and

Solutions conference?

The combined Second International Conference on Alcohol and Related Brain Injury and the Brain Injury Australia National Conference will be held in Melbourne in September. The conference, on the topic "Insights and Solutions", will feature noted national and  international speakers.

When: 1 - 3 September 2008

Where: Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne

Who: For a list of featured speakers, please click here.

Bookings: Fill in this online form or call (03) 9278 8137. 

Explaining the new guidelines

Is drinking 4 beers a "binge"? 

John Rogerson, CEO of the Australian Drug Foundation, has written in The Age that the NHMRC Guidelines, due to be released next month, are not designed to put a value judgement on people's drinking. The term "binge drinking" is a useful one to describe reckless drinking to the point of intoxication, but it should be used with care.

To read the full article, please click here. 

Alcohol and Young People Survey

Mary Wooldridge, Victorian Shadow Minister for Drug Abuse and Mental Health, is calling on young people to complete a survey about alcohol and binge drinking on her website.

Click here to complete the survey. 

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