CANNABIS — EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
1159. Hon SOPHIA MOERMOND to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the McGowan government's
statewide campaign planned for December 2022 to increase awareness of the
potential harms associated with cannabis use for people under the age of 25
years.
(1) What is the budget for the
campaign?
(2) What costs to date have been
spent on the campaign?
(3) Will a similar campaign be run
concurrently on the potential harms of alcohol consumption?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question, which I answer on behalf of the Leader of the House.
The following information is provided on behalf of the Minister for Health.
(1) The total budget for the Mental Health Commission's
new Drug Aware public education campaign, ''The Growing Brain'',
is $605 808, excluding GST, for the 2021–22 and 2022–23
financial years.
(2) The total spend to date has been $206 000,
excluding GST, over the 2021–22 and 2022–23 financial years.
(3) The state
government has funded delivery of the ''Alcohol.Think Again''
public education program since 2010. The program comprises three distinct
campaign streams—alcohol and health; alcohol, parents and young people;
and alcohol and pregnancy—that use a mass–reach social
marketing strategy. The new parents, young people and alcohol ''We all
need to say no'' campaign was launched on 3 July 2022, with statewide
media scheduled to continue to May 2023.