The Centre’s prevention and treatment goals will be achieved by providing the community, in particular young people, with high quality, evidence-based information on cannabis use, and by building the capacity of the treatment providers to respond to cannabis users and their families. The Centre was officially opened in 2008 and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
The Centre provides up-to-date, evidence-based interventions through:
· A helpline: 1800 30 40 50
· Monthly ezines and regular bulletins
· Free national clinical training
· Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific resources www.notourculture.org.au
· Specialised projects and initiatives that address high-risk populations and behaviours
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Matalon, E, 2013, 'Matters to a Head: Cannabis, Mental Illness and Recovery by K Kate Wellington', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 227 - 227, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00504.x/pdf
Rooke, S, Norberg, MM, Copeland, J & Swift, W, 2013, 'Health Outcomes Associated with Long-Term Regular Cannabis and Tobacco Smoking', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 2207 - 2213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.01.013
Norberg, MM, Kezelman, S & Lim-Howe, N, 2013, 'Primary Prevention of Cannabis Use: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials', PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. e53187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053187
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Norberg, MM, Turner, M, Rooke, S, Langton, J & Gates, P, 2012, 'An Evaluation of Web-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Managing Problems Associated with Cannabis Use', Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. e169 - e169, http://www.jmir.org/2012/6/e169/
Albertella, L & Norberg, MM, 2012, 'Mental health symptoms and their relationship to cannabis use in adolescents attending residential treatment', Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 381 - 389, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02791072.2012.736808
Bujarski, S, Norberg, MM & Copeland, J, 2012, 'The association between distress tolerance and cannabis use-related problems: The mediating and moderating roles of coping motives and gender', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 1181 - 1184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.05.014
Rooke, S, Malouff, JM & Copeland, J, 2012, 'Effects of repeated exposure to a graphic smoking warning image', Current Psychology, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 282 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-012-9147-0
Allsop, DJ, Copeland, J, Norberg, MM, Fu, S, Molnar, A, Lewis, J & Budney, AJ, 2012, 'Quantifying the clinical significance of cannabis withdrawal', PLoS ONE, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. e44864 - e44864, http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0044864
Calabria, B, Swift, W, Slade, T, Hall, W & Copeland, J, 2012, 'The perceived health risks of cannabis use in an Australian household survey', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 809 - 812, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00421.x/pdf
Howard, J, Alperstein, D, Cox, S, Zorz, H & Smith, O, 2012, 'Young Men and Yarndi: a pilot to diffuse information on cannabis, its use and potential risks among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians', NCPIC Bulletin, vol. 15, no. August 2012, pp. 1 - 22, http://ncpic.org.au/ncpic/publications/bulletins/pdf/bulletin-15-young-men-and-yarndi-a-pilot-to-diffuse-information-on-cannabis-its-use-and-potential-risks-among-young-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-australians
Norberg, MM, Gates, P, Dillon, PG, Kavanagh, D, Manocha, R & Copeland, J, 2012, 'Screening and managing cannabis use: comparing GP's and nurses' knowledge, beliefs, and behavior', Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, vol. 7, no. 31, pp. 1 - 21, http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/pdf/1747-597X-7-31.pdf
Alperstein, D & Copeland, J, 2012, 'Evaluating the impact of training health professionals to deliver brief motivational and skills-based interventions for cannabis use disorder', Journal of Tropical Psychology, vol. 2, no. e2, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jtp.2012.1
Norberg, MM, Wright, T, Hickey, K & Copeland, J, 2012, 'A postal intervention for dependent cannabis users', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 320 - 326, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00317.x/full
Howard, J, Butt, J, Wright, T, Norberg, MM, Copeland, J & Wilkes, T, 2012, 'Raising awareness about cannabis, its use and impact on health and wellbeing among Indigenous Australians', NCPIC Bulletin, vol. 14, pp. 1 - 13, http://ncpic.org.au/ncpic/publications/bulletins/pdf/bulletin-14-raising-awareness-about-cannabis-its-use-and-impact-on-health-and-wellbeing-among-indigenous-australians
Gates, P, Copeland, J, Swift, W & Martin, G, 2012, 'Barriers and facilitators to cannabis treatment', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 311 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00313.x
Norberg, Melissa M., Mackenzie, J & Copeland, J, 2012, 'Quantifying cannabis use with the Timeline Followback approach: A psychometric evaluation', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 121, no. 3, pp. 247 - 252, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871611003942#FCANote
Arcuri, AJ, Howard, J, Norberg, MM, Copeland, J & Toson, B, 2011, 'Young cannabis users in residential treatment: As distressed as other clients', Substance Use and Misuse, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 1335 - 1345, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2011.580034
Copeland, J, 2011, 'Application of technology in the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders and related problems: Opportunities and challenges', Substance Use and Misuse, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 112 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2011.521423
Copeland, J, 2011, 'The glass ceiling on evidence of cannabis related harms - flawed or just false?', Addiction, vol. 106, no. 2, pp. 249 - 250, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03273.x/pdf
Martin, G & Copeland, J, 2010, 'Brief intervention for regular ecstasy use (MDMA) users: Pilot randomized trial of a Check-up model', Journal of Substance Use, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 131 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/14659890903075074
Indig, D, Conigrave, KM, Arcuri, AJ & Copeland, J, 2010, 'Characteristics and comorbidity of drug and alcohol-related emergency department presentations detected by nursing triage text', Addiction, vol. 105, no. 5, pp. 897 - 906, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02857.x/full
Copeland, J & Martin, G, 2010, 'The adolescent cannabis check-up', Counselor, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 32 - 38, http://www.counselormagazine.com
Gates, P, Roxburgh, AD & Copeland, J, 2010, 'Cannabis and other drug use in the Australian workforce: findings from the 2007 NDSHS data', NCPIC Bulletin, vol. 8, http://ncpic.org.au/ncpic/publications/bulletins/pdf/bulletin-8-cannabis-and-other-drug-use-in-the-australian-workforce-findings-from-the-2007-ndshs-data
Norberg, MM, Olivier, J, Alperstein, DM, Zvolensky, MJ & Norton, AR, 2011, 'Adverse Consequences of Student Drinking: The Role of Sex, Social Anxiety, and Drinking Motives', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 821 - 828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.03.010
Silins, EA, Copeland, J & Dillon, PG, 2010, 'Perceptions of methamphetamine- and GHB-related presentations among emergency medicine healthcare professionals: An exploratory study', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 181 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687630902729610
Frewen, A & Copeland, J, 2011, 'Are Australian treatment agencies equipped to deal with rising numbers of presentations for cannabis issues?', Journal of Tropical Psychology, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 27 - 30
Rooke, S, Thorsteinsson, E, Karpin, A, Copeland, J & Allsop, D, 2010, 'Computer-delivered interventions for alcohol and tobacco use: a meta-analysis', Addiction, vol. 105, no. 8, pp. 1381 - 1390, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02975.x/full
Dillon, PG & Copeland, J, 2012, Synthetic cannabinoids: The Australian experience, NCPIC, Sydney, Australia, NCPIC Bulletin Series, Bulletin 13, Working Paper, http://ncpic.org.au/ncpic/publications/bulletins/article/synthetic-cannabinoids-the-australian-experience
Norberg, Melissa M., Battisti, RA, Olivier, J, Copeland, J, Hermens, DF & Hickie, I, 2011, A brief intervention for help-seeking young adult and adolescent cannabis: Findings and treatment manual, National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, http://ncpic.org.au/static/pdfs/bmri-tech-report-final-1.pdf
CRICOS Provider Code: 00D98G
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University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Randwick Campus
22 - 32 King Street
Randwick NSW 2031
