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In these two videos, we cover two broad drug classes that have been on arisen to be of particular concern in the past two decades: Hallucinogens and New Psychoactive Substances. These two classes... Read more
Cannabis is one of the most widely consumed drugs worldwide. It is of clinical and public health interest as it has recently been legalised in many jurisdictions worldwide. In this lecture, we... Read more
In these three videos, we examine the health effects of the major licit drugs: Alcohol, Nicotine & Tobacco and the Hypnosedatives. Together these drugs make major contributions to the burden of... Read more
Registration is now open for upcoming NDARC webinars in April.
Upcoming presentations include:
Thurs, 8 June at 3pm, Dr Amelia Woods will present, 'Extended-release pharmacotherapies for Substance... Read more
There were 1,788 drug-induced deaths among Australians in 2021, according to preliminary estimates in a new report by the Drug Trends program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC... Read more
Registration is now open for upcoming NDARC webinars in April.
Upcoming presentations include:
May
Thurs 4 May at 3pm, Associate Professor Amy Peacock will present, 'Current trends in overdose and... Read more
The 2023 NDARC Annual Research Symposium is being held on Friday, 27 October 2023.
The event is being held at the John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW Sydney (map reference G19) and will be... Read more
A leading UNSW professor has been recognised at the 2023 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards for her work to reduce and prevent substance use related harms.
Scientia Professor Louisa Degenhardt from... Read more
Evidence of an increase in injecting drug use (IDU) at a global level highlights the need for improved coverage of interventions to prevent and manage drug-related harms among people who inject drugs... Read more
In a world-first, Australian researchers are trialling a new medication to help people who want to stop using crystal methamphetamine or ‘ice’.
Led by researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol... Read more