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National Illicit Drug Indicators Project (NIDIP)

NIDIP was established in the recognition that there was a greater need for the regular dissemination of trends in the epidemiology of drug-related harms in Australia.

Project Status:

Current

Review of the drug and alcohol prevention and treatment services sector

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This project sought to clarify Australian drug and alcohol treatment funding; current and future service needs; the gap between met and unmet demand; and planning and funding processes for the future.

This project aimed to deliver:

Project Status:

Completed

Review of HIV in prison: prevalence, incidence, mortality and service provision

The aim of this project was to collate data for all countries on the following variables; imprisonment rates, HIV prevalence among male, female, PWIDs, MSM, sex workers and transgender prisoners, HIV incidence and transmission in prison AIDS mortality in prison and the provision of eight HIV pro

Project Status:

Current

Continuous performance test for ADHD in SUD patients (the CASP study)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a significant risk factor for the development of substance use disorders (SUD) in adolescence and adulthood, and ADHD complicates the course and treatment of SUD.

Project Status:

Completed

Tracking cocaine trends in Australia

There is growing law enforcement evidence that, in comparison with the period spanning 2002-03 to 2006-07, the supply of cocaine to Australia is relatively high (Hughes, Chalmers et al., 2011).

Project Status:

Completed

Trafficking in multiple commodities: Exposing Australia’s poly-drug and poly-crime networks

It has been long recognised that illicit drug traffickers can and do trade in multiple drugs.

Project Status:

Completed

‘Trafficking’ or ‘personal use’: Do regular drug users understand Australian drug trafficking laws?

Most Australian states and territories have adopted legal thresholds for drug trafficking, over which possession of an illicit drug is deemed ‘trafficking’ as opposed to ‘personal use’.

Project Status:

Completed

Examining the relative cost effectiveness of different types of law enforcement interventions directed towards methamphetamine.

Governments and policy makers are interested in determining which interventions are more or less effective than others, such that the scarce funding resources can be allocated in the most efficient manner possible. Thus, where should law enforcement invest its resources?

Project Status:

Completed