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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.

The price of ice: The social and economic costs of methamphetamine to Australia

A comprehensive analysis of the social and economic harms arising from methamphetamine use has found the overall cost to Australia was $5billion in 2013/14.

Drug testing: How it works and what it can, and cannot, achieve

Regardless of the poor evidence base for its effectiveness, drug testing is a growth industry that has implications for the AOD sector. NCETA Deputy Director Ken Pidd explains.

Breaking the ice online intervention now available

A free, confidential, self-guided early intervention program for users of crystal methamphetamine (ice), developed by researchers at NDRI and NDARC, is now available online.

Regular sections

News

  • Breaking the ice online intervention now available
  • NDRI 30th anniversary symposium
  • National study highlights hidden causes of methamphetamine-related death
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Opinion

  • Drug testing: How it works and what it can, and cannot, achieve

Research Focus

  • The price of ice: The social and economic costs of methamphetamine to Australia

New Projects

  • The role of psychostimulants in fatal stroke among young people
  • eCliPSE
  • The global harm reduction response – an assessment of the current situation, interventions and evaluation of specific programs
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Publication Highlights

  • Substance misuse in older people: Baby boomers are the population at highest risk
  • Third edition of the quick guide to drugs and alcohol
  • Online drug education more effective in female than male students
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Publication List

  • Full list of recent publications

Conversation with...

Rebecca McKetin

Associate Professor, National Drug Research Institute
Each issue we ask someone from the alcohol and other drugs 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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