Louisa Degenhardt

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  • Professor of Epidemiology, NDARC, UNSW
Dependence on opioids, including heroin, causes the greatest health burden (overall death and illness) of all the illicit drugs. Eric Constantineau

Global health burden of illicit drugs and mental disorders on the rise

Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation

The global burden of death and illness attributable to mental disorders and illicit drug abuse has risen steadily in the last 20 years, two new studies have shown, but experts say policy is not keeping…
This class of drug poses significant risks of misuse and dependence, paradoxical reactions, disinhibition, amnesia and intoxication. Jacek Becela

Why the TGA should make it harder for people to get Xanax

Angela Rintoul, Monash University; Louisa Degenhardt, UNSW , and Suzanne Nielsen, University of Sydney

The body responsible for regulating drugs in Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is poised to decide whether to restrict access to benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, Valium and Normison…

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