Public opinion and drug policy: engaging the ‘affected community’
Public opinion can play an important role in determining policy and informing political processes.
Project Status:
Completed
policy
Australian police diversion for cannabis offences: Assessing program outcomes and cost effectiveness
Police diversion is one of Australia’s most utilised interventions for drug offenders. Yet fuelled in large part by methodological deficits there remain key gaps in knowledge about the outcomes and the cost-effectiveness of such approaches.
Project Status:
Completed
Review of the drug and alcohol prevention and treatment services sector
This project sought to clarify Australian drug and alcohol treatment funding; current and future service needs; the gap between met and unmet demand; and planning and funding processes for the future.
This project aimed to deliver:
Project Status:
Completed
Alcohol consumption and health inequalities - the role of alcohol policy
Alcohol-related harms contribute substantially to the burden of disease in Australia, with a wide range of acute and chronic consequences associated with alcohol consumption.
Project Status:
Completed
Drunk, high or sober: How do alcohol and illicit drug prices affect young Australians' plans for Saturday night?
Many young people regard alcohol and illicit drugs as part of the repertoire of products that facilitate socialising through intoxication. This has become a pressing public policy issue because the practice costs society dearly.
Project Status:
Completed
Using evidence to evaluate Australian drug trafficking thresholds: Proportionate, equitable and just?
Most Australian states and territories have adopted drug trafficking thresholds which specify quantities of drugs, over which it is presumed an offender has committed an offence of ‘drug trafficking’, rather than ‘possession for personal use’.
Project Status:
Completed
‘Trafficking’ or ‘personal use’: Do regular drug users understand Australian drug trafficking laws?
Most Australian states and territories have adopted legal thresholds for drug trafficking, over which possession of an illicit drug is deemed ‘trafficking’ as opposed to ‘personal use’.
Project Status:
Completed
Law enforcement takes the lion’s share of illicit drug spend
Date Published:
Thursday, 20 June 2013
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Harm reduction spending drops
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Treatment spending remains steady despite unmet demand
Drug Policy Modelling Program Research Symposium 2013
Event date:
Thursday, 20 June 2013 - 10:00am
The Drug Policy Modelling Program Research Symposium will run from 10 - 4pm, with registration open from 9:45am. Catering will be provided. RSVPs are essential by 31 May 2013: colleen.faes@unsw.edu.au
Policy options to redress excessive alcohol consumption
Date Published:
Monday, 23 January 2012
Success in reducing alcohol consumption and related harms is likely to lie in the integration of multiple policies, rather than reliance on individual, uncoordinated approaches.
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