Project Members:
Director
Ph EA Tori Barnes: 02 9385 0292 / t.barnes@unsw.edu.au
Deputy Director, NDARC and Program Lead, Drug Trends
Ph +61 (2) 9385 0333
Project Main Description:
Retrospective study of all cases in Australia in which new psychoactive stimulants or hallucinogen use was a mechanism contributory to death.
Project Collaborators: External:
Professor Johan Duflou
University of Sydney
Rationale:
Increasing concerns regarding the harms of new psychoactive substances.
Aims:
The study aimed to:
- Determine the characteristics, and circumstances of death, of all recorded cases of new psychoactive stimulant and hallucinogen-related death in Australia;
- Determine the toxicology of such deaths; and
- Determine the major organ pathology of cases.
Design and Method:
Case series.
Progress/Update:
Completed 2019.
Output:
Darke, S., Duflou, J., Peacock, A., Farrell, M. & Lappin, J. (In press) Characteristics and circumstances of death related to new psychoactive stimulants and hallucinogens in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871619303333)
Benefits:
This paper presents the first national clinical profile of death related to the use of NPS stimulants/hallucinogens.
Project Research Area:
Drug Type:
Project Status:
Completed
Year Completed:
2019