March 2024

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between youth drinking, self-posting of alcohol use and other social media engagement

NCYSUR PhD candidate Brandon Cheng led this attention-getting study published in Addiction.

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December 2016

Opioid agonist doses for oxycodone and morphine dependence: Findings from a retrospective case series.

Use of opioid agonist treatments for prescription opioid (PO) dependence is rapidly increasing. Current guidelines are based on research with heroin users.

December 2016

Roche, A., & McEntee, A. (2016). Ice and the outback: Patterns and prevalence of methamphetamine use in rural Australia.

Objective: In general, people living in rural Australia tend to have poorer health outcomes including higher rates of AOD use, mental illness and chronic illness.

October 2016

Estimating survival times in heroin overdose: the case for rapid intervention

Opioids make the largest contribution to illicit drug-related death, and overdose is the leading cause, yet intervention by onlookers has been characterised as poor.

October 2016

Community pharmacists are the key to large-scale roll out of naloxone

On 1 February this year Australia became the second country, after Italy (in 1995), to have naloxone formally available over the counter (OTC).

October 2016

Bongs and baby boomers: Trends in cannabis use among older Australians

There are emerging indications that substance use is increasing among older Australians at an alarming rate.

October 2016

Intervention Research: A practical guide for developing evidence-based school prevention programs

This book offers a step-by-step guide to intervention research, including methods and techniques for intervention research in schools and other settings.

October 2016

National Alcohol Sales Data Project Stage 5 Report, 2016

Stage five of the NASDP reports on most recent per capita consumption estimates for the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland.

September 2016

Organisational responses to crystal methamphetamine

As part of its online crystal methamphetamine training, NCETA has written a module which focuses on organisational and service system responses.

September 2016

Promising results from ED intervention with adolescent substance users

An ED delivered intervention with adolescent substance users may reduce future direct costs and subsequent attendances

June 2016

Years of potential life lost amongst heroin users in the Australian Treatment Outcome Study cohort, 2001-2015

Heroin use carries the highest burden of disease of any drug of dependence, with rates of mortality more typical of the elderly Indeed, it has been estimated that heroin users die at a rate 15 time

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