History
On 15 May 2006 the Australian State and Territory governments endorsed the first National Cannabis Strategy (2006–2009) at a meeting of the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy in Perth, Western Australia. Christopher Pyne, the now defunct Howard Government's Parliamentary Secretary for Health, welcomed the endorsement and later confirmed that A$14 million had been committed over four years to establish a "National Cannabis Control and Prevention Centre".
Just over a year later, as the Minister for Ageing, Pyne announced that a national consortium led by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) had been selected to establish the centre. It was eventually named the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre and was officially opened on Tuesday 29 April 2008 by the new Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon in a ceremony held at the Justice and Police Museum in Sydney,
Australian media promotion was received by the centre following the release of its first two publications, the NCPIC Bulletin and the Criminal Justice Bulletin. Both publications, along with a monthly e-zine, are produced and sourced from evidence-based information and research.
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