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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May 2018

NCETA joins the International Confederation of Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug (ATOD) Research Associations (ICARA)

NCETA has recently joined ICARA as an affiliate member.

March 2018

New research on alcohol related deaths and hospitalisations in Australia

New National Alcohol Indicators research shows alcohol responsible for 6000 deaths a year in Australia, with more than one third due to cancer.

March 2018

NDARC's Professor Maree Teesson appointed Companion of the Order of Australia

The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney, congratulates Professor Maree Teesson on her appointment as a Companion of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2018 Hon

March 2018

NDRI Melbourne PhD Scholarship: Call for expressions of interest

NDRI Melbourne invites expressions of interest for a PhD scholarship in the area of performance and image-enhancing drug (PIED) use.

March 2018

Cracks in the Ice smartphone app provides more Australians with information about crystal methamphetamine (ice)

A smartphone app developed by researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney and National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at Curtin University will allow more

March 2018

New Topic on working with families added to NCETA’s online training for frontline workers

More than 11,000 workers across Australia have registered for NCETA’s extremely popular free online Ice: Training for Frontline Workers.

March 2018

The Lancet Public Health: Parental provision of alcohol to teenagers does not reduce risks, compared to no supply

An NDARC study has found no evidence to support the practice of parents providing alcohol to their teenagers to protect them from alcohol-related risks during early adolescence.

March 2018

The Lancet Psychiatry: Tamper-resistant oxycodone tablets have no impact on overall opioid use or harm

Tamper-resistant tablets prove less attractive to people who inject drugs, but have little effect on population level issues linked to overprescribing, overuse, and harm of opioids.

March 2018

SANDAS / NCETA Codeine Forum – February 2018

In October, 2017, NCETA conducted a half-day workshop for key stakeholders including prescribers, pharmacists, researchers, frontline AOD workers and primary health care staff on the prevention and

March 2018

NDRI hosts US researchers for Beyond Violence training

NDRI recently hosted Beyond Violence facilitator training for around 50 attendees.

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