The National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre is a consortium of high quality organisations from around the country. The consortium is led by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) and is located at the University of New South Wales. The other consortium partners are:

• National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
• Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)
• Lifeline
• Orygen Research Centre (ORYGEN)
• Ted Noffs Foundation (TNF)
• National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA)
• Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre

The consortium is highly skilled in the provision of evidence-based drug information and intervention. These partner's functions and activities are to provide:

• consortium leadership, evidence-based information and intervention development and dissemination (NDARC);
• effective preventive and culturally appropriate responses (NDRI);
• high quality telephone information, support and intervention (Lifeline);
• cannabis use and criminal justice (AIC);
• mental health and substance abuse (ORYGEN);
• early intervention and clinical treatment (Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre);
• adolescent treatment responses (TNF); and
• workforce development issues (NCETA).

The consortium is an active network to achieve the NCPIC mission to reduce the use of cannabis in Australia by providing the community with high quality, evidence-based information, and by building the service provision to users, families, and the general public. It will harness the exemplary knowledge and experience of the consortium members on cannabis and service delivery to the community and workforce.