The Service's State Drug Task Force role investigates serious drug matters such as trafficking and production of illicit substances. There is an extensive drug education program in Queensland schools and smoking is prohibited within school buildings and grounds. South Australia 1729. In South Australia the protective prohibitions on the use of narcotic and psychotropic drugs are contained in the Controlled Substances Act 1984. In addition the sale of tobacco and alcohol to persons under the age of 18 is prohibited.
Additional penalties apply to persons found selling drugs in the vicinity of schools.
In Tasmania the protective prohibitions on the use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances are contained in the Poisons Act 1991 and apply generally. It provides a framework to guide policy development, program planning, resource allocation, monitoring and evaluation. Young People and Drugs - a Strategy Framework develops a strategic response to youth issues in relation to tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. It provides a plan within which all interested parties relating to young people and drugs can work, both together and independently, towards common goals relating to addressing young people and their drug use. Drug Education is an integral part of the curriculum standards framework key learning of health and physical education.