This week's PODCAST with Mario Corena & ''Vogliamoci Bene'', we will welcome in Studio Sanremo special guest, Sally Underdown, State Manager, The Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF), Australia’s leading not-for-profit preventative health organisation working in the alcohol and other drugs sector.

Sally and her team at the Alcohol and Drug Foundation work across the Northern Territory and South Australia, enabling positive changes to prevent and reduce the harms caused by alcohol and other drugs.Sally’s work with the Alcohol and Drug Foundation includes advocacy, education, and research; as well as designing and delivering a range of community programs with communities – including the Local Drug Action Team Program and the Good Sports Program.

Prior to launching into the not-for-profit sector Sally worked in allied health roles, as well as senior leadership roles across both the federal and state government.

She is a qualified Exercise Physiologist, as well holding qualification in Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Adelaide Uni.She is currently Deputy Chair of the South Australian Network of Drug and Alcohol Services(SANDAS); and she is a Board Member of the Adelaide Primary Health Network Leaders Group.

In this PODCAST we discuss the following :

• What is the Alcohol and Drug Foundation
• - What are the current statistics on alcohol and other drug dependence in Australia and South Australia
• - The statistics on alcohol and drug use within Australia’s multicultural communities- Are recreational drugs such as cannabis, Methamphetamine etc more popular than alcohol
• - What is the link between illicit drug use and mental health- What is the difference between medicinal cannabis and recreational cannabis
• - What work is the Alcohol and Drug Foundation doing to prevent/reduce alcohol and other drug harms in Australia
• - Where does one get helphttps://adf.org.au/

Sally is so knowledgeable in this area as well as being outstanding in many facets of life, which in turn made this an interview not to be missed.

So do yourself a favour and tune into the PODCAST - https://www.radioitaliana531.com.au/vogliamoci-bene...

So let's start the conversation today!

Mario

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