Shalom House calls itself the ‘strictest drug rehabilitation centre in the country’ but evidence of its so-called success is anecdotal at best.
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Repealing a legal provision that excludes people in prison or jail from Medicaid could improve access to treatment, save state and local governments money and reduce recidivism.
Epigenetics may explain why children of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to use substances later in life.
Conventional health interventions for men in poor communities who engage in risky behaviour are not effective. The solution may lie with soccer.
There is a potential for significant harm in Australia if we don’t have adequate systems in place to monitor our drug markets and respond rapidly when specific dangers are detected.
I conducted interviews with 26 young women in alcohol and drug treatment services in Victoria. More than half of them disclosed a history of sexual abuse and 20 spoke about cutting themselves.
Awareness of social factors, such as society’s perpetuation of masculinity, are critical to understanding the interconnections between trauma, disadvantage and substance abuse in young men.
College students who take stimulants such as Adderall to get an academic edge might be setting themselves up unknowingly to a vicious cycle of substance abuse and addiction.
Children who hawk goods on their heads on Nigeria’s streets face an array of health hazards and physical dangers. The government must take steps to reduce this practice.
New research aims to bring hope to the often forgotten or stigmatised friends and relatives of those who die from drug or alcohol use.
Young people in custody or serving community-based orders suffer from depression, substance abuse and dependence at significantly…
Improving health services in the juvenile justice system and the community could reduce the risk of youth offenders repeating anti-social behaviours, an Australian study has found. Published in the Journal…
Marriages where only one spouse drinks heavily are more likely to end in divorce compared to couples who drink together or…
There is great support within the community for the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse. Many people have high hopes it will right the wrongs of the past and help us, as a nation, to eliminate future…
MATTERS OF THE MIND – a series which examines the clinician’s bible for diagnosing mental disorders, the DSM, and the controversy surrounding the forthcoming fifth edition. The term “addiction” is conspicuously…
Once again, petrol sniffing in Indigenous communities is in the headlines. And once again, sadly, the restraint that newspapers normally exercise in reporting drug issues among non-Indigenous Australians…
Workers are more likely to take remedial action to treat substance abuse, as well as reducing workplace intoxication and…
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Senior Lecturer, Youth Work & Youth Studies, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Health Equity, Curtin University
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Professor of Substance Misuse Studies, Menzies School of Health Research, Menzies School of Health Research
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Professor in the Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University
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PhD Candidate and Sessional Academic in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
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Professor of Paediatrics & Child Health and Director of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, University of Sydney
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Director, Unit for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, School of Rural Medicine, University of New England
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Research associate in sociology, University of Bath
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, School of Education, La Trobe University
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Executive Clinical Director, Turning Point & Director of Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
