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    The Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Act: Evidence, ethics and the law

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    Authors
    Lander, F.
    Gray, Dennis
    Wilkes, Edward
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Citation
    Lander, F. and Gray, D. and Wilkes, E. 2015. The Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Act: Evidence, ethics and the law. Medical Journal of Australia. 203 (1): pp. 47-49.
    Source Title
    Medical Journal of Australia
    DOI
    10.5694/mja15.00173
    ISSN
    0025-729X
    School
    National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
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    © Copyright 2015. The Medical Journal of Australia - reproduced with permission.

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34793
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Summary: The Northern Territory Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Act 2013 (AMT Act) permits mandatory residential alcohol rehabilitation for up to 3 months. International guidelines and human rights law confirm that mandatory rehabilitation should only be used for short periods. Evidence concerning the efficacy of long-term mandatory alcohol rehabilitation is lacking, and minimal data concerning the efficacy of the scheme have been released. Specific legal issues also arise concerning the AMT Act, including its potentially discriminatory application to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The program only permits referral by police, despite the fact that it is ostensibly a medical intervention. Use of a treatment as a method of effectively solving a public intoxication problem is highly dubious, and should be of concern to the medical community. Given that more cost-effective and proven measures exist to combat alcohol dependence, the utility of the AMT Act is questionable.

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