Drug experts warn of rapid changes in internet marketplace for illicit drugs and “legal” highs
Date Published:
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
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National Drug
2012 National Drug Trends Conference
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Event date:
Tuesday, 9 October 2012 - 9:45am to 6:00pm
‘Drugs, crime and the front-line: Australasian perspective’
Supply, demand and harm reduction in Australian prisons: an update
Date Published:
Monday, 3 September 2012
A new report from the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) has highlighted that the operation of Australia’s prisons need far greater levels of accountability and transparency, as well as a much stronger commitment to providing effective pr
Tasmanian World-Leading Opioid Review Released
Date Published:
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
The Minister for Health, Michelle O'Byrne, today released a world-leading review aimed at ensuring safer prescribing and use of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain in Tasmania.
Australians are pragmatic and humane when it comes to penalties for drug use
Date Published:
Monday, 21 May 2012
More than half of the Australian population agree that possession and use of cannabis, ecstasy, heroin and methamphetamine should be decriminalised and only result in minor penalties, data from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) released today shows.
World-first study into cannabis withdrawal management drug
Date Published:
Monday, 9 January 2012
Ice use increasing among Australia’s drug users
Date Published:
Monday, 17 October 2011
Use of ice (crystal methamphetamine) by drug users in Australia increased significantly between 2010 and 2011 according to research on emerging drug trends by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at the University of New South Wales.
Ignorance about potentially harmful and addictive new psychoactive drugs raises public health concerns
Date Published:
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
This media release was first issued by Moore Public Relations on behalf of the Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD).
Life of the heroin user: essential reading for politicians
Date Published:
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Professor Shane Darke’s new book, The Life of the Heroin User: Typical beginnings, trajectories and outcomes, should be required reading for politicians and policy makers, said Dr Geoff Gallop, who recently launched the work at the NDARC Annual Symposium.
NDARC success in NHMRC funding
Date Published:
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
An innovative study aimed at reducing smoking rates in socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and a landmark study of heroin dependence have been awarded major National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants.