The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS)
The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a national illicit drug monitoring system intended to identify emerging trends of local and national concern in illicit drug markets.
Project Status:
Current
Patterns of alcohol and drug use
The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)
The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) is a national monitoring system for ecstasy and related drugs that is intended to identify emerging trends of local and national interest in the markets for these drugs.
Project Status:
Current
Comparative patterns of cognitive performance amongst opioid maintenance patients, abstinent opioid users and non-opioid users
This study compared the cognitive performance of opioid maintainance clients, abstinent ex-users of opioids, and healthy, non-heroin using controls.
Project Status:
Completed
Alcohol and violence: Alcohol consumption, homicide and completed suicide in Australia, 1979-2009
Alcohol consumption is strongly associated with premature mortality. The current study aimed to determine the strength of association between national per capita alcohol consumption with homicide and suicide rates in Australia across the period 1979-2009.
Project Status:
Completed
Toxicology and characteristics of deaths involving zolpidem in New South Wales, Australia 2001-2010
Project Status:
Completed
Triple B: Bumps, babies and beyond - Wave III pilot follow-up of preschoolers
The Triple B study (Bumps, Babies and Beyond) is a large NHMRC-funded birth cohort study which examines the effects of substance use in pregnant women and their partners during the prenatal period on infant development and family functioning.
Project Status:
Completed
Developing and validating an online cannabis use quantifier
The aim of this project is to develop an online tool that enables cannabis users to roll a virtual joint or pack a virtual cone to the specific size and tobacco/cannabis ratio that generally applies to them. Once developed, the program will be validated by examining relationships between quantit
Project Status:
Current
Young Australians Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS)
This project is being led by the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University.
Project Status:
Completed
Improving services to families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Alcohol use during pregnancy has been associated with a number of adverse pregnancy outcomes including miscarriage, premature birth, still birth and low birth weight.
Project Status:
Completed
Contributory and incidental blood concentrations in deaths involving citalopram
Citalopram is a second generation, highly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) commonly prescribed for depressive mood disorders, and is one of the most commonly prescribed antidepressant in Australia.
Project Status:
Completed