These videos from the Wugen Wal-Yan #TacklingIndigenousSmoking team at Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service aim to educate the community about the harmful chemicals contained in #vapes. Watch: 🔗 bit.ly/3LBV81h

Countering stereotypes: Exploring the characteristics of #Aboriginal Australians who do not drink alcohol in a community representative sample James Conigrave Scott Wilson Kate Conigrave Jimmy Perry ... catherine zheng ... Kylie Lee #GrogSurvey onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

🔉NEW DRUG TRENDS BULLETIN 🔉 This month's #drugtrends bulletin is now available. It covers: ⚈ GHB and methamphetamine use in a single session among a sample of people who regularly use illicit stimulants in Australia, 2023 ⚈ Patterns of, and factors associated with,

ICMY the research on zero alcohol products, you can read about it in our new article for Croakey News. "Our policymakers owe it to young people to listen to their voices when considering policy responses to zero alcohol products." Leon Booth, Danica Keric, Julia Stafford

Moderate drinking won't prolong your life, new @JSADjournal research indicates (via @upi) James Clay, PhD Dal Community Health & Epidemiology CISUR CCSA Uvic PHSP CCDUS upi.com/Health_News/20…

Join us on 30 August, 2-3 AEST on a talk on Cannabis Legalization in Germany. In this presentation, Prof Eva Hoch will reflect on the current opportunities and risks of the new cannabis laws in Germany & the immediate impact of legalization. RSVP using QR code below 👇

Register for our next webinar: GHB insights for service providers. This webinar will cover what GHB is and why people use it, as well as recent learnings from research. Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Registrations are now open for our 2024 Symposium - Innovations: Improving health outcomes for people who use methamphetamine and emerging drugs. Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/nccred-sympo…

📢 2024 NDARC ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 We are excited to have Professor Sir John Strang as a special guest at our symposium this year! Professor Sir Strang is director of the National Addiction Centre at King’s College London. He has made significant

Calling all Early Career Researchers! Don't forget that you can register for free for selected side events at #LxAddictions24! Register now to secure your spot. Find out more: lisbonaddictions.eu/lisbon-addicti…

Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2024 is out now – and the data shows an urgent need for a National Overdose Prevention Strategy. Download our report now to find out more: bit.ly/4ed48GD #Overdose #EndOverdose #OverdoseAwareness #IOAD2024 #DrugPolicy #AusPol

Congratulations to NDRI Curtin alcohol researcher Dr William Gilmore for being awarded a highly-competitive Australian Research Council DECRA grant for research to tackle our growing 'alcohol and ageing' public health challenge. Find out more at ndri.curtin.edu.au/news-events/nd…

An international naloxone advocate says the anti-overdose medication should be as accessible as fire extinguishers and defibrillators, as deadly synthetic opioids infiltrate Australia's drug market. ab.co/3X4YhvM

Alcohol consumption in Australia increased in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the open access research by Yvette Mojica-Perez Michael Livingston Amy Pennay Sarah Callinan buff.ly/3MpjxaR

Hospital admissions with injecting-related bacterial infections have increased drastically. NDRI Curtin's Sept webinar will showcase perspectives from expert clinicians and researchers to discuss the evidence, clinical management and reducing harms. Details at ndri.curtin.edu.au/events

Most Australians support supervised injecting facilities: study Zachary Lloyd, Samantha Colledge-Frisby (PhD) Nic Taylor Michael Livingston Marianne Jauncey Amanda Roxburgh Burnet Institute NDRI Curtin NDARC, UNSW Curtin University burnet.edu.au/knowledge-and-…

We still have a PhD role available if you know of anyone interested?

#HIRING Want to help the AOD workforce to build capacity to respond to mental health conditions? Join A/Prof Dr Christina Marel’s team as an AOD Training Facilitator. Apps close 18 September: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNAL_…

Apply to be part of the Online Review Committee for the Harm Reduction International Conference in Bogotá, Colombia. Apply before 16 September! #HR25bogotá  For more information visit our website hr25.hri.global/programme/onli…