A study published in the Drug and Alcohol Review recommends a more tailored approach to improve vaccine uptake among people who inject drugs, following a survey showing around half were hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Feb 25, 2022
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A study led by Burnet Senior Research Fellow, Amy Kirwan has recommended a drug consumption room (DCR) be introduced in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in a bid to counter significant and escalating drug-related harm ...
Jan 27, 2022
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Teenagers are being exposed to videos on social media platform TikTok that portray cannabis use as funny and entertaining rather than risky, University of Queensland researchers have found.
Jan 25, 2022
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A recent study by public health researchers published in Drug and Alcohol Review documents the rapid expansion of the cannabis retail market in Canada in the two years following legalization.
Aug 16, 2021
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New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found pill-testing services at Western Australian music festivals would not change people's intention to take ecstasy if they had not used the drug before, a common argument ...
Mar 8, 2021
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Regular cannabis use has harmful effects regardless of the age a person starts using, a University of Queensland-led study has found.
Jan 27, 2021
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Methamphetamine "cooks" in domestic labs are most likely to be male, Caucasian and about 30 years old, according to University of Queensland researchers.
Nov 11, 2020
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Pain levels and quality-of-life issues have little influence on older adults' decisions to treat chronic pain and other long-term diseases or conditions with cannabis or opioids, a new study found.
Jun 18, 2020
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The use of pregabalin, a medicine for neuropathic pain, is relatively common among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs (PWID) in Australia, a new study by researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Center ...
Jun 17, 2020
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As a steep economic downturn looms, drug and alcohol experts are calling for more reduction measures to combat risky drinking behavior in the construction sector.
May 11, 2020
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