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A joint publication of the collaborative network of alcohol and other drug research centres; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW; National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at Curtin University; and National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) at Flinders University.

Young people are drinking less, but what about alcohol-related risky behaviors?

Since the early 2000s across many high-income countries, there have been fewer adolescents and young adults who drink any alcohol and drink at levels that place them at risk of harm, but this is not the case among middle-aged and older adults.

Facilitating First Nations Australians’ self-determination policy making processes

There is increasing recognition of the impact of structural, cultural, political, and social determinants on the health and wellbeing of communities, particularly those with poorer health profiles. A key principle of these determinants is self-determination.

NCETA in the Top End - APSAD 2022

The NCETA team spent three hot and humid days in Australia’s beautiful Top End on the land of the Larrakia people for the 2022 APSAD Conference and presented findings on a range of topics from parental drinking motives and influences on alcohol supply to adolescents, alcohol and other drug related absenteeism, rural and remote workforce, and perceptions of zero-alcohol beverages and their use by adolescents.

Regular sections

News

  • 2022 NCCRED Symposium
  • NDARC Webinar Series to return in 2023
  • New study finds large increase in cocaine-related deaths in Australia over the last decade
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Opinion

  • Facilitating First Nations Australians’ self-determination policy making processes

Research Focus

  • Young people are drinking less, but what about alcohol-related risky behaviors?

New Projects

  • First nationwide active case ascertainment study of FASD in Australia
  • Treating co-occurring substance use disorder and mental illness among Indigenous people released from prison will increase life expectancy, reduce incarceration, and contribute to Closing the Gap
  • Parents' views on alcohol messaging: Focus group study

Publication Highlights

  • Rates, characteristics and toxicology of cocaine-related deaths in Australia, 2000–2021
  • Interjurisdictional differences in Australian imprisonment rates: Sentencing or arrest rates?
  • First Nations Australians’ experiences of current alcohol policy in Central Australia: evidence of self-determination?
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Publication List

  • Full list of recent publications

Conversation with...

Christel Macdonald

NDARC PhD candidate and research assistant
Christel Macdonald

The national centres are supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Drug and Alcohol Program

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