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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.

The National Alcohol Sales Data project

Reliable estimates of per capita alcohol consumption, based on alcohol sales data collections, are essential for informing and evaluating alcohol policy. In fact, the WHO advocates that all nations collect alcohol sales data for the purpose of monitoring alcohol consumption levels, in addition to population level surveys of consumption patterns. Canada is currently leading the way with mandatory sales data collections from all its provinces. Will Australia follow suit?

Young people with multiple and complex needs: It’s time to improve our response

Young people with multiple and complex needs do not represent a large proportion of people with significant drug and alcohol or mental health problems, but the harms they experience reverberate across their lifetimes and, as often as not, impact negatively on the lives of their own children. It is this persistent, inter-generality of harms that demands an effective response.

New online alcohol and other drug knowledgebase launched

A new online alcohol and other drug knowledgebase has been launched by NCETA. The National Alcohol and Drug Knowledgebase (NADK) presents, for the first time, up-to-date alcohol-related information in a consistent, comparable and ‘user-friendly’ manner that can be used by practitioners, policy-makers and the broader community.

Regular sections

News

  • New online alcohol and other drug knowledgebase launched
  • National Alcohol Indicators Project (NAIP) bulletin 13 released
  • AOD researcher among finalists for national science prize
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Opinion

  • Young people with multiple and complex needs: It’s time to improve our response

Research Focus

  • The National Alcohol Sales Data project

New Projects

  • Investigating the relationships between alcohol and other drug use, mental health, early-life factors and life-course outcomes: integrative analyses of data from four Australasian cohort studies
  • Australian police diversion for cannabis offences: Assessing program outcomes and cost effectiveness
  • Concepts of addiction, gender and social exclusion in Australian and Swedish drug policy
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Publication Highlights

  • What difference does treatment make? Developing a qualitative measure of young people's progress in residential rehabilitation
  • Patrons’ views about smoking in outdoor areas of licensed premises in Adelaide, South Australia: A pilot study
  • From policy to implementation: Child and family sensitive practice in the alcohol and other drugs sector
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Publication List

  • Full list of recent publications

Conversation with...

Professor Steve Allsop

Director, National Drug Research Institute
Each issue we ask someone from the alcohol and other drug sector to share a little about their work and life.

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

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