Vic: Media advertised and encouraged chroming, inquiry told
A parliamentary committee has been told the media's reporting of Melbourne's chromingproblem has been dangerous and irresponsible.
Youth workers have told the Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee that media coverageof chroming earlier this year promoted solvent abuse.
They say the media reports advertised the practice and told young people how to startsniffing solvents.
JANET JUKES from the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria says the media could adopt theguidelines for reporting suicide when reporting on substance abuse.
She says they don't report details of suicides because that's been shown to encourageimitators, and they could do the same for substance abuse.
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KEYWORD: SOLVENTS (MELBOURNE)
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