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Pacific Drugs Alcohol and Gambling Survey 2003

The Pacific Drugs and Alcohol Survey 2003 provided a picture of the patterns of alcohol and drugs use, including tobacco, kava, marijuana and other drugs, gambling and related harms.

This webpage provides PDF files of the findings of the survey in the form of the full report, an executive summary and posters which present the survey findings for Alcohol Drinking, Marijuana and Other Drug Use, Tobacco Smoking and Gambling. (The Pacific survey posters were designed by Bronson Yandall, Paradigm Associates Limited). There are also factsheets available reporting findings for Cook Islands Maori , Niuean, Samoan and Tongan respondents.

This survey was funded by Public Health Intelligence of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs. SHORE was subcontracted to carry out, analyse and report the findings of this survey by Pacific Research & Development Services.

Researchers: Dr. John Huakau, Lanuola Asiasiga, Dr Megan Pledger, Michael Ford, Sally Casswell, Sailau Su’aali’i and Ieti Lima