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Image - Major changes in Australian drug use during 2021 says annual Drug Trends reports
The Drug Trends program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney has released findings from annual surveys with hundreds of people who regularly use drugs in Australia... Read more
Image - ACON and NDARC AoD PhD Scholarship Opportunity
The PhD will focus on alcohol and other drug use and mental health among trans and gender diverse people in Australia. About the opportunity ACON and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (... Read more
Image - Quit smoking medicine could help women during pregnancy says new study
Quit smoking medicine ‘varenicline’ was found to be three times more effective in helping pregnant women stop smoking than nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) patches in a first of its kind study.... Read more
Image - More harms for people who both inject and smoke methamphetamine, new study shows
People who inject methamphetamine are also smoking the drug, which may be leading to more health risks, violence, and crime, new study finds. Researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol Research... Read more
Image - Increase in cannabis consumption likely if decriminalised in Australia says new study
A new study has found that an estimated 4.2 per cent of the population aged 14 and over, who have never tried cannabis before, would try it if use of the drug were legal. Led by researchers at the... Read more
Image - Drug checking already taking place despite lack of government-sanctioned checking services
People who use ecstasy/MDMA and/or other illegal stimulants seek out objective information about substance contents despite the lack permanent government-sanctioned drug checking services, says a new... Read more
Image - Disruption to ecstasy and other drug use and markets in Australia after COVID-19 restrictions in 2020
After COVID-19-related restrictions were introduced in Australia in early 2020, use of ecstasy/MDMA, related stimulants, and other licit and illicit drugs appeared to mostly remain stable, or... Read more
Image - Strengthened evidenced for a low-cost natural quit smoking aid requiring wider global access
Results from the largest trial ever undertaken for cytisine on its effectiveness compared to the most effective frontline treatment, varenicline, could lead to wider cytisine access for people who... Read more
Olivia Price
Influenza is the greatest contributor to vaccine-preventable burden of disease in Australia, and annual vaccination is our best means for preventing influenza infection. Typically, research into... Read more
Image - NDARC researcher shortlisted for Cancer Grand Challenges funding
A diverse, global team including Professor Hayden McRobbie from NDARC has been selected for the final stages of Cancer Grand Challenges – and is in with a chance of securing a share of £80m of... Read more