March 2024

NDRI expands postgraduate student research

NDRI has expanded into new areas of research and strengthened its Justice Health program with new postgraduate scholars beginning their doctorate and masters studies in recent months.

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June 2019

Landmark study finds year of birth impacts on drug and alcohol use

A landmark study of mental health and substance use among more than 90,000 people across 25 countries has found that an individual’s risk of commencing drug and alcohol use increases in line with the extent of substance use among people born in the same year.

June 2019

NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug “Ice”: Trends in use and harms

NDARC’s Director, Professor Michael Farrell was the opening witness on the first day of public hearings for the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug “Ice”.

June 2019

APSAD lobbies politicians for increased drug and alcohol funding

The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) wrote to all federal MPs and senators in the lead up to the May general election calling for them to support increased investment in treatment services.

June 2019

New review of kava use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

NDRI’s Julia Butt has written a review on kava use and supply issues for the Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre.

June 2019

Rights for women in prison and the UN Bangkok Rules: A Global Symposium

NDRI’s Mandy Wilson recently travelled to the US to participate in an international symposium on the rights of incarcerated women.

June 2019

Presenting NCETA’s workplace AOD testing research to health and safety professionals

In May 2019, NCETA’s Dr Valerie O’Keeffe presented at the Safety Institute of Australia’s Annual Health and Safety Convention.

June 2019

Enhancing the capacity of social workers to respond to AOD-related Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

NCETA recently conducted a highly successful one-day workshop for social workers on IPV and AOD.

June 2019

Assisting Remote Area Nurses to prevent and respond to pharmaceutical opioid-related problems

NCETA partnered with Flinders University’s Centre for Remote Health to conduct a webinar for Remote Area Nurses enrolled in the online Pharmacotherapeutics course.

June 2019

Informing the work of the University of the 3rd Age (U3A)

NCETA’s Professor Ann Roche was invited by the Flinders University of the 3rd Age (U3A) to present the Centre’s research findings on AOD use among older people to a cohort of 40 retired professionals.

June 2019

Northern Territory Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Development Strategic Framework now available

Building on its extensive alcohol and other drugs (AOD) workforce development (WFD) program of work, NCETA was commissioned by the Northern Territory Primary Health Network to develop a five-year AOD WFD Strategic Framework for the Northern Territory.

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