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Study finds acute alcohol poisoning is a significant component of alcohol-related mortality

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Who’s most likely to die from alcohol poisoning, and what do they drink?

A new study led by researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney, has explored the circumstances of death and characteristics of fatal alcohol poisoning cases. The study, published in Drug and Alcohol Review, examined deaths from acute alcohol poisoning in Australia, 2011–2022.

 

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Buprenorphine now replaces methadone as the most common medicine for opioid dependence: 10-year trends in opioid agonist treatment medicines in Australia

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NDARC’s Kendal Chidwick discusses the findings from a recently published study that examined how patterns of opioid agonist treatment medicines have changed over the past decade.

 

'I left the conference with three new potential projects...a new record' - Travel Scholars share highlights from recent NDARC visit

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In October this year, NDARC awarded travel scholarships to early career researchers (ECRs) and higher degree research students (HDRs) in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) sector. The scholarship recipients attended key events, including the 2023 NDARC Annual Research Symposium and the NDARC Early Career Networking Event. Nathan Harrison, a PhD candidate at Flinders University, and Cheneal Puljevic, an ARC DECRA Fellow at the Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (University of Queensland), have shared their experiences. Here's what they had to say.