June 2024

Participants wanted for NCCRED’s ground-breaking trial

NCCRED are looking for people over the age of 18 who use methamphetamine to be involved in our new methamphetamine clinical trial with St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney.

Read more
February 2015

NCETA Hosts Senior Malaysian Pharmacists

NCETA met with two senior pharmacists from the Ministry of Health in Malaysia to discuss the implications of Australian drug policy for Malaysia.

February 2015

The Grey Matters National Conference: Preventing and Responding to Alcohol and Other Drug Problems among Older Australians

NCETA is hosting the Grey Matters conference on Wednesday 1 April 2015 9am – 5pm at the Education Development Centre, 4 Milner St, Hindmarsh SA. The conference will bring together key representatives of the aged care, alcohol and other drug and primary health sectors to discuss alcohol and other drug use among older Australians.

November 2014

National centres share in $7.2m NHMRC research funding

A research project that will analyse data on 160,000 people across 31 countries to plug gaps in understanding about the incidence and life course of mental and substance use disorders has been awarded over $700,000 in funding by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

November 2014

'FundAssist' to help AOD NGOs prepare funding applications

The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) has developed a new resource package, FundAssist

November 2014

Research centres strengthen links with NGO peaks

The directors of the three national research centres met with the representatives of seven of the eight non-government organisation (NGO) alcohol and other drug (AOD) peak bodies in Canberra following a recent Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs (IGCD) consultation meeting.

November 2014

Drug Trends Conference spotlights increase in ice use

The use of crystal methamphetamine among people who inject drugs increased by six per cent between 2013 and 2014, attendees at the National Drug Trends Conference heard.

November 2014

Australian Research Council funds new drug policy studies

Researchers at NDARC's Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) enjoyed multiple successes in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) funding.

November 2014

Aboriginal mothers in prison in the news

Researchers at the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) recently raised the focus on a rarely discussed aspect of Australia’s high Indigenous incarceration rate: the far-reaching impact of imprisoning Aboriginal mothers.

November 2014

New resource for educators: which in-school alcohol education programs work?

The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) has developed an information booklet for schools which consolidates findings of a systematic review about school-based alcohol education programs.

November 2014

Study confirms breast cancer link to low alcohol use

A newly published study from the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) and the Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC) at the University of Victoria in Canada confirms that moderate drinkers have an increased risk of breast cancer.

Pages