The NCETA webinar series was kicked off on the 14th October with Dr Natalie Skinner presenting key findings from the recent AOD National Workforce Survey.
Medications for opioid dependence significantly reduce crime rates, a study by researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney, has found.
There were 1,795 drug-induced deaths among Australians in 2017, according to preliminary estimates released in a new report by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney
UNSW is currently advertising a Scientia PhD scholarship (beginning in 2020) to work as part of a large team investigating the trajectories and outcomes of opioid prescribing in Australia.
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.
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”.