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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December 2018

New performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) portal

NDRI’s Social Studies of Addiction Concepts (SSAC) research team has produced a dedicated resource for information on performance and image enhancing drug (PIED) injecting.

December 2018

Fifth Contemporary Drug Problems conference – call for abstracts

Abstracts submissions are now being sought for the fifth biennial Contemporary Drug Problems conference in Italy from 4-6 September 2019.

December 2018

2018 Postgraduate Symposium: Selected presentations and photos online now

The 2018 Postgraduate Research Symposium: Exploring Opportunities was held on Friday, 16 November at UNSW Sydney.

December 2018

2018 NDARC Symposium: Selected presentations and photos available now

More than 250 attendees – including researchers, clinicians, colleagues and sector representatives from state and federal governments – joined us for the 2018 NDARC Annual Research Symposium.

December 2018

Use of cocaine and higher purity forms of ecstasy and methamphetamine increases among people who use drugs

Use of cocaine and higher purity forms of ecstasy and methamphetamine is increasing among samples of people who use drugs, according to the 2018 Drug Trends Reports.

October 2018

Majority of opioid overdose deaths in Australia are related to pharmaceutical opioids

A new NDARC report shows that 1,045 Australians aged 15-64 died of an opioid overdose in 2016 and the majority of these deaths (76%) were attributable to pharmaceutical opioids.

October 2018

Cracks in the Ice webinar: Supporting frontline workers with information and resources about crystal meth

NCETA’s Allan Trifonoff and Roger Nicholas are presenting a free one-hour webinar on Wednesday 17 October 2018 about crystal methamphetamine and strategies and resources to support frontline workers.

October 2018

Opportunity at NDRI for Indigenous Australian researcher

NDRI is seeking an Indigenous Australian researcher to lead its Aboriginal Australian research program.

October 2018

Announcement - NCCRED Capacity Building and Seed Funding Grants

NCCRED has announced the first round of funding grants for innovative clinical research for the treatment of substance use disorders due to methamphetamine or emerging drugs of concern.

October 2018

Dr Mieke Snijder wins 2018 TheMHS Early Career Research Award

NDARC's Dr Mieke Snijder was awarded a prestigious Early Career Research Award at the 2018 Mental Health Service Awards of Australia and New Zealand for service to mental health.

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