Introductory Videos
For an initial understanding of alcohol and drugs in the workplace have a look at the following videos. This is a good starting point before you get into more detail.
No Place for Drugs and Alcohol
This short video (1 min 53 secs) highlights the risks of workplace alcohol and drug use and the importance of stopping work and going home if you're under the influence.
Reducing Alcohol-Related Harm in the Workplace
This video (5 mins 47 secs) highlights the impact of alcohol on workplaces and identifies strategies to reduce alcohol-related harm. NCETA's Ken Pidd features from 4 mins 19 secs onwards talking about the important role of the workplace in reducing alcohol-related risks.
What You Need to Know About Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace
This video (6 mins 12 secs) looks at the impact of alcohol and drugs and identifies strategies that workplaces can use.
Illicit Drugs: How Do They Work?
A somewhat technical view (6 mins 9 secs) of how illicit drugs (e.g., cannabis, heroin, cocaine) interact with chemicals in the brain. Presented in a user-friendly and easy to understand way.
How do Drugs Affect the Brain? - Sara Garofalo
This video (5 mins 4 secs) looks at how drugs work on the brain affecting the way we feel (physically and mentally), think and behave.
Drugs in Australia: Who, What, How Often
The Age & Sydney Morning Herald
A brief video (1 min 44 secs) using infographics to summarise key findings about the patterns and prevalence of alcohol and drug use in Australia.
AOD use by employed Australians: latest figures
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use by Australian Workers: Insights from a national survey
Presentation (6 mins 45 secs) of the publication 'Alcohol and other drug use by Australian workers: insights from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey'. by Di Censo, G., Thompson, K., & Bowden, J. (2025). Health promotion international, 40(2) from NCETA Symposium 2025.
Identifying predictors of Australian workers’ illicit substance use: A national representative study
Presentation (4 min 35 secs) on findings from a recent analysis of over 12,500 working Australians, where we examined the prevalence and predictors of weekly illicit substance use from NCETA Symposium 2025.
Work Hard… Drink Hard? Investigating occupational predictors of high-risk alcohol consumption
Presentation (7 min 59 sec) from NCETA Symposium 2025 on how work-related conditions relate to risky alcohol consumption among Australian workers—and how those compare with other factors like age and health status.
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