Evidence on alternatives to prohibition: latest Australia 21 report
Non-profit group Australia 21 has released a new report on illicit drugs, entitled “Alternatives to prohibition”.
Non-profit group Australia 21 has released a new report on illicit drugs, entitled “Alternatives to prohibition”.
Embargo: not for release before 12:00am 28 August 2012
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National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) academic Professor Kate Dolan has taken out the University of NSW's highest public health award.
A joint Australian/UK study published this month in the British Journal of Criminology has shown that decriminalisation of all drug use in Portugal did not lead to increases in drug-related harms.
Posters featuring global estimates of HIV and injecting drug use and intervention coverage, using data prepared by NDARC researchers on behalf of the UN Reference Group, have won a prestigious international design award.
To coincide with World Hepatitis Day on 28 July , The Lancet has published an article online detailing the first global estimates of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection prevalence in injecting drug users (IDUs).