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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.

Healthway funding for first of its kind Aboriginal AOD research

New NDRI-led research project aims to improve existing approaches to alcohol and other drug use care in an Aboriginal community-controlled primary health care service.

Register now for NDARC webinar series in May

The NDARC Webinar Series includes a compelling lineup of expert speakers, with topics including hepatitis C, drug and alcohol services and quit smoking medicines.

The National Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Development Strategy: latest update

NCETA has been commissioned to review and revise the National Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Development Strategy (2015-2018).

Regular sections

News

  • Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among people in Australia who regularly inject drugs
  • New Alcohol and other Drug (AOD) Telephone Counselling Toolkit
  • Register now for NDARC webinar series in May
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Opinion

  • Our systems undervalue prevention – FASD is a case in point

Research Focus

  • Depot Decisions: New Study on Patients’ Experiences with Depot Buprenorphine

New Projects

  • Tobacco cessation and cancer screening in culturally and linguistically diverse communities
  • Consultation on the draft revised National Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Development Strategy
  • Working together to reduce the harms from AOD use in an Aboriginal community controlled primary care health context

Publication Highlights

  • Characteristics of fatal ‘novel’ synthetic opioid toxicity in Australia
  • Drug Trends Bulletin: Crystal methamphetamine and use of commercial pipes amongst a sentinel sample of people who regularly use ecstasy and other illicit stimulants in Australia, 2021
  • Drug Trends Bulletin: Benzodiazepine use amongst a sample of people that inject illicit drugs in Canberra, ACT, prior to and during the COVID 19 pandemic
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Publication List

  • Full list of recent publications

Conversation with...

Samantha Colledge-Frisby

NDARC PhD Candidate/NDRI Research Fellow
In every edition of Connections, we ask someone in 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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