Opioid-related deaths in Australia have been on an upward trend in recent years, having doubled since 2006.
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A new report counts the social costs of pharmaceutical opioid misuse and illegal opioid use in Australia for 2015/2016. The numbers are fairly grim.
Pharmacists are well positioned to provide communities with a lifesaving drug.
Prices are surging amid shortages and panic-buying – and we could soon be facing a public health disaster.
Opium played a fascinating role in southern African colonial politics, conflict and social change - from the poppy fields of Mozambique to the early days of Johannesburg city.
From colonial poppy fields to pharmatrash, southern Africa offers a fascinating history of drug regimes – one that helps us make sense of drug policies and legislation today.
Treatments for opioid dependence, such as methadone and buprenorphine, are effective. But some people who stand to benefit are missing out.
In the early 1970s, rumors about poisoned candy on Halloween led to mass paranoia. A historian explains why such fears emerge – and what, in reality, feeds them.
Opioid overdoses killed 47,000 Americans in 2017 — more than gun violence. Many fewer would have died if they'd been treated with the life-saving drug naloxone, also called Narcan.
Most Kenyan women were introduced into drug use by male sexual partners in their teenage years.
A study of over 700,000 state and local drug arrests shows that two out of three cases involve a small amount of illegal drugs.
With the exception of Somali piracy, counter-measures have failed to stop transnational criminal networks from taking to the seas.
A safety committee convened by the FDA has declared esketamine safe for severe depression. But isn't this drug the same as ketamine, an illegal street drug? A medical anthropologist explains.
Naloxone programmes have sprung up in the UK and elsewhere, but drug death rates keep climbing.
Many people aren't just taking one drug but a combination of drugs.
Ginsberg was one of the most high-profile representatives of the American counterculture and anti-war movement.
Opioids kill 100 people each day in the US, more than vehicular accidents. Those addicted are often left without treatment. An addiction researcher offers six steps to address the epidemic.
The U.S. has had multiple drug epidemics, and, until recently, has not had evidence-tested ways to help people. That has changed. New medicines can help. But other medical issues should also be addressed.
Why bother chasing big drugs operations when it makes no difference? Here are three reasons.
Scientists are beginning to understand why certain drugs and musical genres are natural partners.
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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Associate Professor of Addiction., University of York
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Bentley University
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Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
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Head of Alcohol and other Drug Research, Centre for Population Health; Burnet Principal for Alcohol, other drugs and harm reduction, Burnet Institute
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Lecturer in Crimimology and Social Policy, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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PhD candidate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town
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Professor in Criminal Justice and Faculty Director of Public Engagement, University of Kent
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Associate Professor of History, University of Johannesburg
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor and Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
