March 2024

Prescription opioids linked to serious falls in adults

A study in 3.2 million people has investigated the association between prescription opioid use and falls.
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December 2015

Managed Alcohol Programs

NDARC Professor Kate Dolan reports on her experiences investigating Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs) in the United Kingdom and Canada.
October 2015

The challenges of research into preventing and responding to blood borne viruses

Dr Susan Carruthers recently retired from NDRI after a 30-year contribution to the alcohol and other drugs field.
August 2015

Is Australia “On the Rocks”? Trends and Patterns of Methamphetamine Use and Implications for the AOD Sector

June 2015

Supporting pregnant women who use alcohol and other drugs

A recent project conducted through NDARC developed a best practice guide to assist primary care health professionals to identify, support and treat pr
April 2015

Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System

The Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) aims to provide timely information on patterns of youth alcohol use and related problems.
February 2015

Prescribed opioid use following a work-related injury: A retrospective 10 year longitudinal study

NCETA are investigating prescribed opioid use resulting from compensable work-related injuries in South Australia.
November 2014

Landmark findings on long term outcomes of heroin use and treatment

In 2001, NDARC researchers interviewed 615 heroin users about their lives. Eleven years on, they repeated the process.
September 2014

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 poli
July 2014

The Workplace as an AOD-Related Harm Prevention and Intervention Setting

Research has demonstrated that workplaces both contribute to and are impacted by employees' alcohol and other drug use.
April 2014

CLIMATE Schools: Combining mental health and drug and alcohol prevention programs

Prevention is better than a cure, but few school-based prevention programs are shown to be effective in reducing harmful drug use among adolescents.

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