This resulted in reduced levels of substance abuse and crime. The Sunshine Coast Schoolies Festival 1993-97 incorporates prevention measures designed to reduce potential risks for young people during Schoolies Week, and was conducted in association with the Queensland Police Service and Queensland Health. In this period we also celebrated Treatment Works Week and the changed lives of those who have benefited from a range of treatments to re-enter the workforce, pursue tertiary education and renew significant relationships damaged by previous drug abuse. On the supply side, Queensland Police have also had major success arrests that have seriously damaged organised crime syndicates by targeting the perpetrators instead of the victims of drug abuse. The result is responsible use with better outcomes.
Sessions are also accessible via videoconferencing to regional centres.
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