Every year more than 200,000 Australians are unable to access alcohol and other drugs treatment because not enough treatment is available. 1 In the hundreds of thousands of Australian families where someone uses alcohol, tobacco or other drugs in a way that hurts themselves and the people around them, life becomes much harder when treatment services are
not available.
This is a common experience right across the spectrum – from people who may be at risk of developing problems through to people whose use have led them to experience significant impairment or distress.
