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Policy
The relationship between price, purity and population-level drug-related harm
Status: Current
Analyses of drug markets over many years have shown that the price and purity of illicit substances can have a key role in shaping drug consumption, and in turn drug-related harm. For example, prior... Read more
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Criminal justice responses relating to personal possession of illicit drugs
Status: Current
Australian criminal justice responses relating to personal use and possession of illicit drugs are subject to frequent public debate. However, there are systemic gaps in knowledge about how... Read more
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Combating escalating harms associated with pharmaceutical opioid use in Australia: The POPPY II study
Status: Current
This project seeks to use linked administrative data to examine the patterns of use of prescribed opioids, quantify the risks of adverse outcomes, and examine the population-level impact of changes... Read more
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An open-label, multicentre, single-arm trial of monthly injections of depot buprenorphine in people with opioid dependence
Status: Current
Retaining patients in buprenorphine treatment is essential in maximising treatment outcomes and minimising mortality risk. Delivery of treatment via novel depot buprenorphine products has the... Read more
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Review of approaches taken in Ireland and in other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offences
Status: Current
This project will provide an international literature review of the approaches taken in Ireland and other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offences. The goals are threefold: first to outline... Read more
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Untreated Remission from Alcohol Problems
Status: Current
This PhD project will examine untreated remission from alcohol problems. This will involve understanding the way in which those with alcohol problems engage in ‘spontaneous remission’ or ‘natural... Read more
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Opioid Agonist Treatment and Safety (OATS) Study
Status: Current
This project will used linked administrative data to understand risk for mortality and other adverse outcomes during and after opioid agonist treatment (OAT). It will use standard biostatistical... Read more
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Preventing alcohol-related harms: using comparative policy analysis to study the effects and development of local government alcohol policy
Status: Current
Regulating the availability of alcohol is one of the most effective ways to reduce harm from alcohol consumption, and local governments have a significant role. This Fellowship provides the first... Read more
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Comparing apples and oranges: investigating the utility of indexes as a measure of drug policy
Status: Current
This is a PhD project of Vivienne Moxham-Hall (supervised by Professor Alison Ritter and Dr Caitlin Hughes) investigating the utility of indexes as a measure of drug policy. Indexes are the... Read more
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The supply of pharmaceutical drugs for non-medical use in Australia
Status: Current
This is the PhD project of Ms Shann Hulme. National and international evidence indicates that the non-medical use of pharmaceutical drugs is increasing, along with the associated health, social and... Read more