July 2022

Drug policing down under: An investigation of panic consumption, internal concealment and the use of drug amnesty bins among a sample of Australian festivalgoers

Findings from this study found that about one quarter (23%) of respondents who had ever used illicit drugs at festivals reported hiding drugs internally to evade police detection and 17% reported panic consumption.

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October 2019

A review of Australian Clinical Guidelines for Methamphetamine Disorder

NCETA has reviewed the Australian methamphetamine-related guidelines for the National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED).

October 2019

Protocol for the Data-Linkage Alcohol Cohort Study (DACS): investigating mortality, morbidity and offending among people with an alcohol-related problem using linked administrative data

This program of research uses linked health and law enforcement data to describe individuals presenting to emergency and inpatient healthcare services with an acute alcohol harm or problematic alcohol use.

October 2019

Alcohol supply as a favour for a friend

Adolescents under the legal purchase age primarily source their alcohol through social networks. This study assessed the provision context from the perspective of both underage recipients and their suppliers who were older peers and siblings.

October 2019

The epidemiology of drug use disorders cross-nationally: Findings from the WHO's World Mental Health Surveys

Researchers conducted cross-national comparisons of the prevalence and correlates of drug use disorders (DUDs) in countries of varied economic, social and cultural nature.

October 2019

Young men with IDU histories and their lived experiences of police custody

Young men represent a quarter of all episodes of police custody detention for adult males in Victoria, but little is known about their experience.

August 2019

Recording alcohol consumption among Indigenous Australians

The Grog Survey App is an interactive and visual tablet computer application which uses touch-screen technology to deliver questions on drinking.

August 2019

Risk-based licensing of alcohol venues and ED injury presentations

Risk-based licensing (RBL) is among the more recent policy interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm in and around licensed venues.

August 2019

Methamphetamine use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: Intervention options for workers.

Due to increasing concern about methamphetamine use and its impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities, NCETA reviewed the existing research and produced a brief workfor

August 2019

Mortality among people with regular or problematic use of amphetamines: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This review aimed to produce pooled estimates of mortality risks among people with regular or dependent use of amphetamines, with a focus upon all-cause mortality as well as specific causes of

August 2019

Factors associated with Quitline and pharmacotherapy utilisation among low-socioeconomic status smokers

This study aimed to examine factors associated with Quitline and pharmacotherapy utilisation in low socioeconomic status (low-SES) smokers enrolled in a smoking cessation trial.

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