Medical research
Long-term study reveals harm in regular cannabis use
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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Drug and Alcohol Review
Drug and Alcohol Review is the Asia-Pacific's leading multidisciplinary journal addressing issues related to alcohol and drug-related problems. As the official journal of the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD), Drug and Alcohol Review is an international meeting ground for the views, expertise and experience of all those involved in studying alcohol, tobacco and drug problems.
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Website
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1465-3362
- Impact factor
- 1.547 (2011)
Oncology & Cancer
Alcohol consumption contributes to cancer, even in moderate drinkers
Drinking alcohol increases the risk of several types of cancer, and was responsible for 236 cancer deaths under 80 years of age in New Zealand in 2012, according to a new study at the University of Otago.
Jun 27, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Death from alcohol-related liver disease could be prevented with early diagnosis and intervention, says new study
Patients dying of alcohol-related liver disease had frequent interactions with secondary care services prior to their death, and a new study has found that these opportunities to address their high-risk drinking behavior ...
May 31, 2022
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Addiction
Looking through the door of meth labs
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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Medications
Evidence clearly shows the benefits of pill testing
Evidence is growing that pill testing encourages young people to reconsider their drug use—and new forms of testing can provide even more benefits.
Jan 10, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Alcohol industry misleading the public about alcohol-related cancer risk
Led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine with the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, the team analysed the information relating to cancer which appears on the websites and documents of nearly 30 alcohol industry ...
Sep 8, 2017
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Health
Vapers can avoid relapsing to smoking, even after the odd cigarette
Smokers who switch to vaping don't lapse for long—according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Nov 28, 2018
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Addiction
Prominent health warnings on alcohol products make drinking 'unappealing,' new study finds
Young adult drinkers are more likely to perceive alcohol products as "unappealing" and "socially unacceptable" if they display prominent health warnings, according to new research.
Apr 11, 2022
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Medications
Use of pain drug Lyrica common among injecting drug users, study finds
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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Addiction
Drug consumption room recommended for ACT
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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