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RMIT ABC Fact Check spoke to NDARC experts, Professor Michael Farrell and Amanda Roxburgh about the claim that up to 100 lives a year could be saved by making over-the-counter codeine products... Read more
New South Wales (NSW) smokers who want to quit are being recruited to take part in a world first trial comparing two smoking cessation medications – a natural plant extract, cytisine, and the... Read more
NDARC collaborates with the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) and National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) to publish Drug and Alcohol Research Connections.
The free... Read more
Evidence to date confined to children/teens and rare and serious forms of the condition
Cannabidiol (CBD) was more effective than a dummy (placebo) drug at cutting seizure frequency by 50... Read more
An Australian Rotary Health and NHMRC funded study published recently has reported that there was no harmful effect of low-level alcohol use by mothers during pregnancy on infants’ cognitive ability... Read more
NDARC’s Professor Richard Mattick spoke to The Washington Post about a prospective cohort study that found there is no evidence to support the practice of parents providing alcohol to their teenagers... Read more
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are being asked to share their stories as part of a new project to develop a culturally inclusive school-based drug and alcohol prevention program.
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This article first appeared in Edition One of Inside UNSW.
UNSW had a remarkable number of representatives in the 2018 Australia Day Honours list, including Professor Maree Teesson, who was announced... Read more
Media release from the Medical Journal of Australia.
Identifying codeine-dependent patients as soon as possible is vital for preventing serious complications, report the authors of a systematic... Read more
More than three quarters of people who develop dependence on codeine do not seek help despite highly effective treatments being available, says National Drug and Alcohol Research Fellow Dr Suzanne... Read more