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Child protection and mothers in substance abuse treatment
Tags: opioid pharmacotherapy treatment (OPT) Status: Completed
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Examining the relative cost effectiveness of different types of law enforcement interventions directed towards methamphetamine.
Status: Completed
Governments and policy makers are interested in determining which interventions are more or less effective than others, such that the scarce funding resources can be allocated in the most efficient... Read more
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UNSW Prison Research Team collaboration
Current Research Prison research: Collaboration with Professor Tony Butler (Kirby Institute). Smoking bans were implemented in NSW prisons in August 2015, but their effectiveness in promoting long... Read more
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Embedding research into Aboriginal drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation services
NDARC has been invited to undertake research in partnership with NSW Aboriginal drug and alcohol Residential Rehabilitation Services. This research is unique in being embedded into the routine... Read more
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Regulatory compliance in alcohol sales; exploring the policy context of liquor licensing enforcement in Victoria
In 2009 a civilian inspectorate to enforce liquor licensing legislation was established in Victoria, known as the Compliance Directorate of Responsible Alcohol Victoria (RAV).  Previously, the police... Read more
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Regulating Drinkers: Functions and Effects of Street Liquor Bans
Over the past ten years laws prohibiting public drinking have proliferated across urban centres in Australia. Despite this proliferation there have been few evaluations of their impact or... Read more
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Drug law enforcement performance monitoring: The persistence of simplistic measures and barriers to moving forward
The aim of this project was to critically analyse the current state of drug law enforcement (DLE) performance monitoring in three nations (Australia, UK and USA), to identify how police agencies in... Read more
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A summary of diversion programs for drug and drug-related offenders in Australia
In Australia there has long been a preference to divert minor drug users to drug education and/or treatment instead of applying the traditional criminal justice response. This project sought to... Read more
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Randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study of lisdexamfetamine for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence
This randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study, led by St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, aims to examine the safety and efficacy of lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of adults with severe... Read more
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Reducing tobacco smoking among low-SES smokers: A RCT to improve adherence with treatment, smoking cessation and health economic outcomes
Smoking cessation rates need to improve among low-socioeconomic status (low-SES) Australians if we are to reach a key national target as the health country:  ≤ 9% smoking by 2020 .  Recent (2013)... Read more