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The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) held another successful Annual Research Symposium on 15 September in Sydney. Entitled Emerging problems in drug and alcohol use: Current problems... Read more
Congratulations to Dr Cath Chapman and Associate Professor Tim Slade from the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use at NDARC, who have been awarded the 2015 NSW... Read more
Category: National Alcohol, National Drug
The rate of codeine-related deaths in Australia more than doubled between 2000 and 2009, driven primarily by an increase in accidental overdoses, according to new research by the National Drug and... Read more
A new fact sheet about codeine is now available on the NDARC website.
Codeine is an ingredient contained in a number of prescription and over the counter pain medicines.
Codeine is considered a ‘weak... Read more
Opioid-dependent patients are five times more likely to die in the first four weeks of treatment if they are prescribed methadone rather than the alternative treatment, buprenorphine, a study by UNSW... Read more
UNSW-led research finds teens who smoke cannabis at least once a week are less likely to finish school, enrol in university or obtain a degree.
Study challenges notion that cannabis use is... Read more
Professor Maree Teesson has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in recognition of her distinguished research career.
Professor Teesson, Director of the NHMRC... Read more
Category: National Drug
One in five Australians in treatment for opioid dependence now being treated for pharmaceutical opioid dependence
People in treatment less likely to inject; are older and more likely to live... Read more
Category: International Alcohol, International Drug
New figures published in international journal the Lancet today has shown deaths and disability from drugs and alcohol have soared worldwide since 2000.
The paper from the Global Burden of... Read more
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Jail sentences as short as one to three days reduce crime, drug use and incarceration among ice users on probation, according to research to be presented at the National Drug and... Read more