Print Media Reporting on Drugs and Crime, 1995-1998.

The article presents a paper which examines a print media reporting on drugs and crime in Australia from January 1995-December 1998. It puts emphasis on the covered drug type by the media, the sources used, and the connection in media reporting between drugs and non-drug criminality. It provides suggestions on how media stakeholders and professionals can work for improvement of drug and crime reporting. These include the establishment of guidelines so that drugs and crime are reported based on public interest.