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CESSATE Stop Smoking Study
Status: Current
The world-first CESSATE Stop Smoking Study will compare two quitting aids (Desmoxan and Champix) to find out if both medications work equally as well as each other, or if one is more effective for... Read more
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Global Consortium to Advance Data on the Epidemiology and Health Impacts of Illicit Drug Use
Status: Current
We have developed a multidisciplinary global consortium of researchers who can provide independent high-quality evidence regarding the scale of illicit drug use, harms, access to services at country... Read more
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eDarkTrends: Monitoring cryptomarkets to identify emerging trends of illicit synthetic opioids use
Status: Current
Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the number of seizures and unintentional overdose fatalities related to illicit synthetic opioids in multiple states across the U.S.... Read more
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The global harm reduction response – an assessment of the current situation, interventions and evaluation of specific programs
Status: Current
This project attempts to understand the global epidemiology of infectious disease among prisoners in all countries. It will also assess the level of availability and coverage of interventions from... Read more
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The role of psychostimulants in fatal stroke among young people
Status: Current
The study will examine all cases of fatal stroke in Australia amongst young people (<45 years) over the period 2009-2016 to determine the role of psychostimulants in these events.
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The Horizons Project: An empirical analysis of alcohol and drug treatment funding, purchasing and workforce mechanisms
Status: Current
Alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment is key for improving health and reducing the social impact of AOD use. However, the treatment itself is not the only variable that impacts on whether health... Read more
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Viability of an Early Warning System (ViEWS) study
Status: Current
The Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drugs (ANACAD) has funded NDARC to conduct a feasibility study for an early warning system (EWS) project, involving a data collection model... Read more
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Drugs on the darknet: Assessing the global health risks of a rapidly expanding market
Status: Current
This project is an international collaboration to assess the nature and extent of health outcomes from drug cryptomarkets, globally and specifically for Australians.
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Increasing the capacity of community pharmacy for screening, brief intervention and referral for treatment of pharmaceutical opioid use disorders
Status: Current
This translational research project will embed screening, brief intervention and referral into community pharmacy practice, in addition to establishing clear referral pathways with primary, secondary... Read more
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Adding an electronic-cigarette to standard behavioural treatment for low-socioeconomic status smokers: A randomised trial
Status: Current
Smoking is a leading cause of preventable disease and death. Limited progress has occurred in reducing smoking rates over the past decade for the most disadvantaged Australians (2001 = 24%, 2013 = 21... Read more