June 2024

LSD and magic mushroom deaths in Australia are rare but significant

A study led by researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) outlines the profiles and circumstances of 43 deaths related to LSD or psilocybin (commonly known as magic mushrooms) in Australia between 2000 and 2023.

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August 2019

Recording alcohol consumption among Indigenous Australians

The Grog Survey App is an interactive and visual tablet computer application which uses touch-screen technology to deliver questions on drinking.

August 2019

Risk-based licensing of alcohol venues and ED injury presentations

Risk-based licensing (RBL) is among the more recent policy interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm in and around licensed venues.

August 2019

Methamphetamine use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: Intervention options for workers.

Due to increasing concern about methamphetamine use and its impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities, NCETA reviewed the existing research and produced a brief workfor

August 2019

Mortality among people with regular or problematic use of amphetamines: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This review aimed to produce pooled estimates of mortality risks among people with regular or dependent use of amphetamines, with a focus upon all-cause mortality as well as specific causes of

August 2019

Factors associated with Quitline and pharmacotherapy utilisation among low-socioeconomic status smokers

This study aimed to examine factors associated with Quitline and pharmacotherapy utilisation in low socioeconomic status (low-SES) smokers enrolled in a smoking cessation trial.

August 2019

Australian music festival attendees: A national overview of demographics, drug use patterns, policing experiences and help seeking behaviour

This bulletin provides an overview of the demographic profiles, patterns of festival attendance and drug use, policing experiences and help-seeking behaviours of Australian music festival atten

June 2019

A systematic review of evaluations of prison-based alcohol and other drug use behavioural treatment for men. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

In this paper, the authors conducted the first systematic review of prison based, behavioural AoD treatment programs for more than a decade.

June 2019

What factors contributed to the misconduct of health practitioners? An analysis of Australian cases involving the diversion and supply of pharmaceutical drugs for non-medical use between 2010 and 2016

In this publication, the authors examined the role of health practitioners (HP) in diversion and the circumstances surrounding their misconduct in Australia.

June 2019

The contribution of injection drug use to hepatitis C virus transmission globally, regionally, and at country level: a modelling study

In this publication, the authors estimated the contribution of injection drug use to risk for HCV epidemics globally, regionally, and at country level.

June 2019

The Australian drug harms ranking study

The aim of this study was to review drug harms as they occur in Australia using the Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methodology adopted in earlier studies in other jurisdictions.

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