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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.

NDRI success in NHMRC and ARC grants: Over $2.5m for new research

NDRI awarded new funding for research into methamphetamine treatment, naloxone uptake, and use of performance and image enhancing drugs

Ice and the outback: Meth in rural Australia

There has been extensive media and political attention directed towards the issue of ‘ice’ or crystal methamphetamine use in Australia over the past year or two.  Some of that attention has focusse

Personality-targeted prevention to reduce alcohol use and related harms among ‘high-risk’ adolescents

Alcohol use is a major contributor to global disability, disease and mortality and is associated with significant social and economic costs [1, 2].

Regular sections

News

  • NDRI success in NHMRC and ARC grants: Over $2.5m for new research
  • Fourth Contemporary Drug Problems conference – call for abstracts
  • The more you drink, the greater your risk of prostate cancer
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Opinion

  • Ice and the outback: Meth in rural Australia

Research Focus

  • Personality-targeted prevention to reduce alcohol use and related harms among ‘high-risk’ adolescents

New Projects

  • Understanding the impediments to uptake and diffusion of take-home naloxone
  • Understanding performance and image enhancing drug injecting in Australia
  • Cannabis and cannabinoids for medicinal purposes: Reviewing the evidence
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Publication Highlights

  • Engaging older people in alcohol-related clinical conversations
  • Changing the drinking culture of sporting clubs
  • Increased prevalence of self-reported psychotic illness predicted by crystal methamphetamine use: Evidence from a high-risk population.
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Publication List

  • Full list of recent publications

Conversation with...

Bonita Byrne

Project coordinator on the Maldahnalanga project at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
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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