Benefits, Boundaries and Barriers: Education and Training Challenges in the Alcohol and Other Drugs Field

This paper addresses the efforts that have been directed at improving the nature and quality of education and training in the area of alcohol and drug addiction. It attempts to delineate some of the more evident efforts that have been undertaken and in so doing identifies strengths and weaknesses with various approaches, and notes emerging directions for the future. Successful models are identified together with some major overarching issues that are essential to address within the context of drug and alcohol education and training.