In 2001, the average age of death from a volatile substance was 28. By 2020, it had risen to 46.
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What will the new legislation mean for cannabis users in the ACT? And will other jurisdictions follow?
A change to drug laws in New Zealand has been hailed as a leap towards treating drug addiction as a heath issue. But it has also been criticised for essentially decriminalising class A drugs.
Why are so many people in dire need of pain relief unable to access the powerful painkillers that are so commonly prescribed in the United States?
Many untested drug therapies are expensive at best and potentially dangerous at worst. So what treatments do work for ice and other drug users?
The use of opioid medication in Australia has grown considerably in the past 20 years, and so have related harms. This increase in use is primarily for chronic pain conditions, now the most common reason…
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Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University
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Palliative Medicine Physician, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Addiction, University of York
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Professor of Psychology and Public Health, AUT, Auckland University of Technology
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Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine, Brown University
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University
