Fentanyl has been a prime culprit in the opioid crisis in the United States. It’s now turning up in cocaine and methamphetamine in New South Wales.
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Many rural communities have experienced economic decline in recent years and have poorer access to drug treatment services. This increases the risk of drug use and overdoses.
How much more suffering and death will people who use drugs have to endure?
Students looking to gain an academic edge by taking stimulants such as Adderall fail to do better on tests and also mess up their sleep. A neuroscientist explains why.
OxyContin maker Purdue has reportedly been mulling a bankruptcy filling, just as the first of around 2,000 lawsuits against it prepares to go to trial.
There are arguments against pill testing. But none are as compelling or evidence-based as the arguments for it.
Media-driven panic about drugs can create a perception more people are using the drug than they actually are, and when teens think ‘everyone’ is doing it, they are more likely to want to do it too.
Quetiapine is an antipsychotic drug to treat severe mental illness, but it makes people feel sleepy, so has also been used as a sleeping pill – by prescription and illicitly.
The recent death of ‘Storm Chaser’ star Joel Taylor, reportedly because of his use of the GHB, is a tragic reminder of the drug’s dangerous impact.
President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency. But we need to do a lot more to prevent this crisis from escalating even further.
When we think of methamphetamine-related death we tend to focus on overdose. The extent of the problem, however, extends far beyond drug toxicity.
Drug deaths are rising faster than ever. How did we get here and what to do about it?
It’s easy to overdose on the recreational drug GHB, as recent cases in Melbourne show.
West Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan said his state has the “worst rate of methamphetamine usage in the country”. We asked the experts to check the evidence.
Public memorials to overdose victims might not only shift who we consider worth grieving, but also encourage us to reflect on the nature of memory and mourning, inclusion and exclusion.
Opiates have emerged as a significant threat to public health in the UK.
Americans consume a staggering amount of the opioid painkiller hydrocodone - about 99% of the world’s supply. In October, after 10 years of debate the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reclassified medications…
In 2012, 103,000 people around the world lost their lives to drug poisoning or overdose. As terrible as this waste of life seems, it’s important to remember that drug overdoses are not inevitably fatal…
Strict guidelines that were introduced 18 months ago following the death of a young woman have transformed the way paracetamol overdoses are managed, including the introduction of the lowest threshold…
Once again, overdose deaths from opioids are increasing in Australia. And once again, we are in danger of ignoring effective, evidence-based interventions. According to the National Drug and Alcohol Research…
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Johns Hopkins University
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Associate professor and Co-Director, Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness, Johns Hopkins University
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Executive Director, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Clinical Toxicology, The University of Edinburgh
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Associate Professor of Population Health, New York University
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Professor at the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
