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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July 2021

Alcohol and Men’s Health

Since its first edition, Men’s Health has established itself as an essential reference for practitioners across the spectrum of medicine.

May 2021

A person’s characteristics, their treatment, and the prescriber all influence retention for opioid agonist treatment (OAT)

A new report from researchers at The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney, has found that a person’s characteristics, their treatment, and the prescriber all have signific

May 2021

Exploring the Impact of Secondary Supply Laws on Adolescent Drinking Trends in Australia

This paper examined how declines in youth drinking fit into other youth behaviour.

May 2021

Identifying how the principles of self-determination could be applied to create effective alcohol policy for First Nations Australians: Synthesising the lessons from the development of general public policy

This narrative review aimed to examine processes around how Indigenous Peoples were included in alcohol policy development.

March 2021

Trajectories of alcohol‐induced blackouts in adolescence: early risk factors and alcohol use disorder outcomes in early adulthood

Adolescent females are three times more likely than males to experience increasing numbers of alcohol-related blackouts according to a first of its kind report.

March 2021

Australian Drug Trends 2020 - EDRS

Key Findings from the National Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews 2020.

March 2021

Alcohol and illicit drug use in young workers

Globally, there has been growing attention focussed on the changing patterns of youth drinking. There has been a worldwide trend for youth drinking to decrease overall as well as at risky levels.

October 2020

Strengths, challenges, and future directions for the non-government alcohol and other drugs workforce

The impact of AOD use on the service delivery system is substantial.

October 2020

Impacts of COVID-19 and associated restrictions on people who use illicit stimulants in Australia: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System 2020

The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) project has been adapted to collect important data on people’s experiences during COVID-19.

October 2020

Trends in the availability and type of drugs sold on the internet via cryptomarkets, May 2019 - May 2020

This bulletin reports on trends in the availability and type of substances sold on the internet via cryptomarkets over the last 13 months.

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