{{Short description|Australian not-for-profit organisation}} {{Infobox organization | full_name = Alcohol and Drug Foundation | image = Alcohol and Drug Foundation logo.png | nickname = ADF | formation = {{Start date and age|df=y|1959}} | founding_location = Melbourne, Australia | website = {{URL|https://adf.org.au/}} | former_name = {{Plainlist| * Alcoholism Foundation of Victoria * Australian Drug Foundation * Alcohol and Drug Foundation of Australia }} | leader_title = CEO | leader_name = Erin Lalor<ref name=lalor>{{Cite web|url=https://mindframe.org.au/experts/dr-erin-lalor-am|title=Dr Erin Lalor AM |website=Mindframe|access-date=13 May 2026}}</ref> }} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{use Australian English|date=August 2020}} The '''Alcohol and Drug Foundation''', created in 1959 as the '''Alcoholism Foundation of Victoria''' and formerly called the '''Australian Drug Foundation''' and the '''Alcohol and Drug Foundation of Victoria''' is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation based in Melbourne, Australia.<ref name=hist>{{cite web | title=Our history | website=Alcohol and Drug Foundation | url=https://adf.org.au/about/our-history/ | access-date=20 August 2020}}</ref> The Alcohol and Drug Foundation's work is inclusive of both legal and illegal drugs on a national level and focuses on primary and secondary prevention.<ref>[http://www.adf.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=about Australian Drug Foundation<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210154306/http://www.adf.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=about |date=February 10, 2008 }}</ref>
The Alcohol and Drug Foundation is made up of several directorates that each aim to prevent drug problems, as opposed to treating existing problem users. An information dissemination arm, the DrugInfo Clearinghouse;<ref>[http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/ DrugInfo Clearinghouse (ADF) - DrugInfo Website (Home Page)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> a research arm; a community support program, the Good Sports Program;<ref>[http://www.goodsports.com.au/ Good Sports – Home Page – Managing alcohol in sport<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and an alcohol advocacy group, the Community Alcohol Action Network were part of the foundation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041012103430/http://www.caan.adf.org.au/ Community Alcohol Action Network: CAAN<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Of these groups, Good Sports is the only remaining active directorate; the Local Drug Action Teams program, Path2Help, and Drug Facts and Information Resources have since been established.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp/media/more-communities-take-up-the-fight-against-drugs-and-alcohol|title=More communities take up the fight against drugs and alcohol |first=Greg|last=Hunt|date=28 May 2021 |website=Australian Government Department of Health|access-date=13 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/partners/australian-drug-foundation|website=Healthdirect|title=Alcohol and Drug Foundation |access-date=13 May 2026}}</ref>
== History== The Alcohol and Drug Foundation was established in 1959 as the Alcoholism Foundation of Victoria. It was a response to the lack of services for alcohol-dependent people at the time and provided counselling and information. The Foundation called for a "coordinated attack by the community, involving education, treatment, and research".<ref>[http://www.adf.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=history Australian Drug Foundation<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829182028/http://www.adf.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=history |date=August 29, 2007 }}</ref> The foundation received opposition from the Australian federal government in the early 1970s, with a major grant application being rejected on the grounds that the foundation could not be recognized as "the national advisory authority in [its] area".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101994343 |title=Alcoholism foundation presses for grant |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=46 |issue=13,175 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=13 July 1972 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Funding was secured in 1977, and the Foundation developed further over the coming decades.<ref name=history />
<!--Over the ensuing decades, the nature of drug use changed in Australia. The Victorian Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Dependence eventually led to the current name. Over time, treatment services became more widely available. The Alcohol and Drug Foundation moved away from this aspect of service delivery and began to develop primary and secondary prevention resources — a focus that remains to the present day.-->In 2016, the organisation changed its name from the Australian Drug Foundation to the Alcohol and Drug Foundation. John Rogerson retired as CEO the following year,<ref name=history>{{Cite web|url=https://adf.org.au/about/our-history/ |title=Our History |website=Alcohol and Drug Foundation |access-date=13 May 2026}}</ref> and the position was filled by Erin Lalor.<ref name=lalor />
==See also== *''Drug and Alcohol Review'', an academic journal *Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), formerly the Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation
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==External links== *{{Official website}}
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Category:Organisations based in Melbourne Category:1959 establishments in Australia Category:Addiction and substance abuse organizations Category:Substance-related disorders Category:Foundations based in Australia Category:Alcohol in Australia Category:Drugs in Australia