The DPMP, funded through a core grant from the Colonial Foundation Trust, is a collaboration between the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (which houses the central team) and a number of research institutions including amongst others The Burnet Institute, University of Queensland, the National Drug Research Institute and Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre.
The DPMP is a multi-disciplinary team with psychology, health economics, criminology, public policy, sociology and economics all represented. Our work concerns all aspects of drug policy, and covers the four pillars of drug policy: law enforcement, prevention, treatment and harm reduction.
DPMP has three streams of activity:
· Generating new research evidence;
· Providing tools for policy makers to use evidence; and
· Studying policy-making processes in Australia.
Below is a selection of output produced by DPMP. The full list of DPMP projects and publications can be found at the DPMP website.
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Ritter, A & Lancaster, K, 2013, 'Policy models and influences on policy processes', in Ritter, A., King, T., & Hamilton, M. (ed.), Drug Use in Australian Society, edn. 1, Oxford University Press, Australia, pp. 99 - 132, http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/health_sciences/9780195518863
King, T, Ritter, A & Hamilton, M, 2013, 'Setting the scene', in Ritter, A., King, T., & Hamilton, M. (ed.), Drug Use in Australian Society, edn. 1, Oxford University Press, Australia, pp. 3 - 26, http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/health_sciences/9780195518863
Stevens, A & Ritter, A, 2013, 'How can and do empirical studies influence drug policies? Narratives and complexity in the use of evidence in policy making', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 169 - 174, http://informahealthcare.com/doi/full/10.3109/09687637.2013.793892
Hughes, CE, 2013, 'A book review of Drugs and Culture: Knowledge, Consumption and Policy', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 336 - 337, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.12007/full
Lancaster, K & Hughes, CE, 2013, 'Buzzed, broke, but not busted: How young Australians perceive the consequences of using illicit drugs', Youth Studies Australia, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 19 - 28, http://www.acys.info/ysa/issues/v.32_n.1_2013/papers/buzzed,_broke,_but_not_busted/buzzed.pdf
Lancaster, K, Ritter, A & Stafford, J, 2013, 'Public opinion and drug policy in Australia: Engaging the `affected community?', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 60 - 66, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00497.x/pdf
Frewen, A, Molan, J, Ritter, A & Bell, J, 2012, 'A new approach to developing clinically-based guidelines: the experience of developing guidelines for management of drug dependent women and neonates and for cannabis dependence', International Journal of Person-Centered Medicine, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 870 - 877, http://www.ijpcm.org/index.php/IJPCM/article/view/300
Lancaster, K, Hughes, CE, Chalmers, JJ & Ritter, A, 2012, 'More than problem-solving: Critical reflections on the `problematisation? of alcohol-related violence in Kings Cross', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 925 - 927, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00516.x/full
Ritter, A, 2012, 'Alison Ritter on Friedman et al.'s "Has United States drug policy failed? And how could we know?"Policy as structured interaction, engaging multiple voices', Substance Use and Misuse, vol. 47, no. 13-14, pp. 1406 - 1407, http://informahealthcare.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/10826084.2012.723555
Lancaster, K, Hughes, CE & Spicer, B, 2012, 'News media consumption among young Australians: Patterns of use and attitudes towards media reporting', Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, vol. 143, no. May, pp. 16 - 27, http://www.uq.edu.au/mia/2012-issues#143
Ritter, A., & Lancaster, K., 2012, 'Measuring research influence on drug policy: A case example of two epidemiological monitoring systems', International Journal of Drug Policy (early online view), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.02.005
Ritter, A, 2011, 'The role of research evidence in drug policy development in Australia', Politicka misao, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 141-156, http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=119724
Hughes, CE & James, S, 2012, 'Performance monitoring of Australian drug law enforcement agencies: Impediments to and prospects for reform', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 295 - 312, http://search.informit.com.au/browseJournalTitle;res=AGISPT;issn=1034-5329
Ritter, A, Matthew-Simmons, F & Carragher, N, 2012, 'Why the alcohol and other drug community should support gay marriage: Editorial', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 1 - 3, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00410.x/pdf
Hughes, C.E. & Stevens, A, 2012, 'A resounding success or a disastrous failure: Re-examining the interpretation of evidence on the Portuguese decriminalisation of illicit drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 101 - 113, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00383.x/pdf
Bright, DA, Hughes, CE & Chalmers, JJ, 2012, 'Illuminating dark networks: A social network analysis of an Australian drug trafficking syndicate.', Crime Law and Social Change, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 151 - 176, http://www.springerlink.com/content/4v86684883m7342g/fulltext.pdf
Hughes, C, Spicer, B & Lancaster, K, 2011, 'Young people's perceptions of and engagement with news media reporting on illicit drug issues: An Australian study', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 145 - 161
Hughes, C.E., Chalmers, JJ, Bright, DA, Matthew-Simmons, F & Sindicich, N, 2012, 'Examining supply changes in Australia's cocaine market', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 263 - 272, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00350.x/full
Hughes, CE, Lancaster, K & Spicer, B, 2011, 'How do Australian news media depict illicit drug issues? An analysis of print media reporting across and between illicit drugs 2003-2008', International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 285 - 291, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395911000892
Ritter, A, 2011, 'Ensuring the policy relevance of population health research: experiences from the Drug Policy Modelling Program', NSW Public Health Bulletin, vol. 22, no. 1-2, pp. 19 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB10062
Bright, DA & Ritter, A, 2011, 'Australian trends in drug user and drug dealer arrest rates: 1993 to 2006-07', Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 190 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218711003739524
Ritter, A, Bright, DA & Gong, W, 2012, Evaluating drug law enforcement interventions directed towards methamphetamine in Australia, National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, Canberra, NDLERF Monograph Series, 44, Technical Report, http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_44.pdf
Hughes, CE & Wodak, AD, 2012, 'Addressing the question: "What can Australia learn from different approaches to drugs in Europe including especially Portugal, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden??', in , Australia21, Weston, ACT, presented at Australia21 Roundtable, Melbourne, 6th July 2012, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/ndarc.cms.med.unsw.edu.au/files/ndarc/resources/Australia21%20background%20paper%20July%202012.pdf
Carragher, N & Chalmers, JJ, 2011, What are the options? Pricing and taxation policy reforms to redress excessive alcohol consumption and related harms in Australia, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Sydney, NSW, http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/R59a.pdf/$file/R59a.pdf
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