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A new study has looked at why some ice users suffer psychosis and others don’t.
To tackle the ice problem, the government must learn from experience and avoid adopting a blinkered law enforcement approach.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said ice is far more potent, far more dangerous, and far more addictive than any other illegal drug. Is that supported by the data?
Alcohol-related violence is a much bigger problem in Australia than the harms of illicit drugs but we tend to overlook the former because the latter gets more headlines.
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor and Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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Addiction Psychiatrist, Associate Professor, Monash University
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Adjunct Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University