Alcohol and drug addiction impacts families as well as the people afflicted. Some First Nations-led centres involve families in their patients’s treatment, with beneficial outcomes.
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We might think we know a lot about drug and alcohol treatment, as it’s so often depicted on the silver screen. But there’s a lot film and TV get wrong.
Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous have been a mainstay of drug and alcohol treatment since the 1930s. But is there actually any evidence for their effectiveness?
Sydney’s supervised injection room in Kings Cross has helped reduce harmful drug use. But many drug users who live in the outer suburbs find it difficult to get to the inner-city facility.
There’s no legal reason why Victoria can’t have its own medically supervised drug injecting room to prevent more overdoses, despite political setbacks.
Thousands of Australians go to residential drug and alcohol rehab programs every year. But is there evidence rehabs, as well as the group therapy they often rely on, actually work?
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Professor of Criminology, Western Sydney University
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Associate professor, La Trobe University
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Alcohol and other drug specialist, University of New South Wales &, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Sessional psychology lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Professor & Specialist in Drug Policy, UNSW Sydney
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Pinangba Support Officer, Indigenous Knowledge
