March 2018

Methamphetamine users who identify as heterosexual double risk of sexual activity: more likely to have casual sex and multiple partners

Methamphetamine is now a global public health concern, being consumed by an estimated 14-53 million people world-wide in 2015.

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October 2015

Understanding and responding to anabolic steroid injecting and hepatitis C risk in Australia

Steroid injecting can allow transmission of blood-borne viruses, but little is known about how steroid injecting takes place and how such transmission might occur.

October 2015

Deaths and disability from drugs and alcohol have soared worldwide

New figures published in the Lancet have shown deaths and disability from drugs and alcohol have soared worldwide since 2000.

October 2015

Exploring the relationship between drug-related pleasure and harm

This paper explores the complex and dynamic relationship between pleasure and harm as experienced by a group of young people during and after “party drug” use.

August 2015

Alcohol- and drug-related absenteeism: A costly problem

This report investigates the cost of alcohol- and drug-related absenteeism on Australian workplaces.

August 2015

Have VET reforms resulted in improvements in quality?

NCETA investigated whether vocation and education training (VET) reforms introduced in the 1990s have benefited the alcohol and other drug secor and whether any further changes were required.

August 2015

The relationship between alcohol-related victimisation and sexual orientation

This study investigated the relationship between alcohol-related victimisation and sexual orientation.

August 2015

Alcohol consumption among marginalised African refugee young people

This study investigated motivations for drinking, experiences of alcohol-related problems and strategies for managing drinking among marginalised African refugee young people in Melbourne.

August 2015

The Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Act: evidence, ethics and the law

This article contends that NT’s Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Act 2013 has little evidence to justify it, is not cost-effective, and may discriminate against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

August 2015

Treatment seeking among codeine users and strong opioid users

This study involved a retrospective case review to compare patients presenting for treatment where either codeine or a strong pharmaceutical opioid (oxycodone or morphine) was the principal drug of concern to understand if codeine users may have unique treatment needs.

August 2015

Secondary traumatic stress among alcohol and other drug workers in Australia

The high prevalence of trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among clients of alcohol and other drug (AOD) services is well documented. This study examined the prevalence and correlates of secondary traumatic stress (STS) among AOD workers in Australia.

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