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Cannabis use disorders: an unappreciated risk of medical use for chronic conditions?
March 2024
Ms Danielle Dawson from the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR) examines recent changes in Australian medicinal cannabis policy and the potential for adverse health effects.
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November 2023
Drug detection dogs: An ineffective and inequitable policing strategy that needs to stop
Authors: Ms Daisy Gibbs, Evaluation Officer, Burnet Institute A/Prof Caitlin Hughes, Associate Professor in Criminology and Drug Policy, Centre for
September 2023
Take-home naloxone: research dispels concern that it increases drug-related risk behaviour
Dr Samantha Colledge-Frisby examines the perception that people may engage in risk compensation when they have naloxone at hand.
June 2023
What are my tertiary alcohol and other drug qualification options?
The last scoping of tertiary level Australian alcohol and other drug (AOD) qualifications was undertaken two decades ago.
April 2023
Minimum unit pricing in the Northern Territory. What we know, and where to next
National Drug Research Institute
February 2023
Encounters with police drug detection dogs at music festivals among people who regularly use ecstasy and/or other illicit stimulants
Despite growing evidence challenging the effectiveness and legality of drug dog operations, and recommendations to cease operations at music festivals
November 2022
Facilitating First Nations Australians’ self-determination policy making processes
National Drug Research Institute
September 2022
Feasibility, consumer acceptability, and behavioural outcomes associated with take-home fentanyl test strips
July 2022
Opioid Agonist Therapy in Australia: A History
A new NCETA publication aims to document the substantial contribution that opioid agonist therapy (OAT) has made to public health and to the life of i
May 2022
Our systems undervalue prevention – FASD is a case in point
Australia spends less than 2% per annum of its health budget on prevention.
February 2022
Supporting peer workers and beyond: priorities for AOD workforce development
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News
Symposiums at national AOD centres highlight research
NHMRC and MRFF funding success for NCYSUR researchers
Working with parents, adolescents on risks of alcohol supply
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Opinion
Cannabis use disorders: an unappreciated risk of medical use for chronic conditions?
Research Focus
Prescription opioids linked to serious falls in adults
New Projects
An exploration of substance use and other contributing factors to Indigenous incarceration and identification of supports needed to reduce (re)offending – PhD Project
Evaluation of the short-term outcomes of an integrated AOD service pilot
Breaking the cycle: Leveraging social media to address the public health threat of vaping
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Publication Highlights
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between youth drinking, self-posting of alcohol use and other social media engagement
Proceed with caution? Parents’ views on zero-alcohol drinks
Transitions to polysubstance use: Prospective cohort study of adolescents in Australia
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Publication List
Full list of recent publications
Conversation with...
Dr Robert Stirling
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