NHMRC Partnership Project Success: Shaping the Future of AOD Treatment: Meeting Unmet Demand with Brief Interventions

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in Australia currently meet less than half of the treatment demand. Even when individuals with AOD use problems access these services, the majority attend only one or two sessions.

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October 2020

NSW Drug Court reduces risk of reconviction in the long term, new research finds

Treating drug related offenders is far more effective than sending them to prison according to new research

October 2020

Global reach for local tobacco online training package

More than 4500 health professionals completed tobacco brief intervention training developed by NDRI

October 2020

Could it be the gunja? resources

Health promotion and training materials from the Could it be the gunja? project are now available on NDRI’s website

October 2020

2020 international cannabis cultivation survey now online

NDRI researchers are pleased to announce that the Australian arm of the 2020 survey is now online.

October 2020

Aboriginal researcher Dr Jocelyn Jones appointed to lead NDRI’s Aboriginal Research Program

Jocelyn is a leading Aboriginal epidemiologist with substantial experience in the area of Aboriginal health and justice services.

August 2020

Webinar: Cannabis use in ATSI communities

The AOD Knowledge Centre recently hosted a webinar presented by NDRI's Julia Butt.

August 2020

CRE Indigenous Health + Alcohol launches 2020 Symposium Series

NDRI’s Annalee Stearne will co-present the first symposium in the CRE’s 2020 Symposium Series

August 2020

A radical drug policy to reduce crime, arrests and incarceration: Regulating alcohol

Watch the recent NDARC webinar with Keith Humphreys, Esther Ting Memorial Professor at Stanford University.

August 2020

Pregabalin use found to be relatively common among people who regularly inject drugs

A new NDARC study found the use of pregabalin is relatively common among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs in Australia.

August 2020

Pot, pills and the pandemic: How coronavirus is changing the way we use drugs

NDARC’s Dr Amy Peacock and Dr Rachel Sutherland share findings from two surveys of Australians who regularly use illicit drugs.

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