College students who take stimulants such as Adderall to get an academic edge might be setting themselves up unknowingly to a vicious cycle of substance abuse and addiction.
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Children who hawk goods on their heads on Nigeria’s streets face an array of health hazards and physical dangers. The government must take steps to reduce this practice.
New research aims to bring hope to the often forgotten or stigmatised friends and relatives of those who die from drug or alcohol use.
Young people in custody or serving community-based orders suffer from depression, substance abuse and dependence at significantly…
Improving health services in the juvenile justice system and the community could reduce the risk of youth offenders repeating anti-social behaviours, an Australian study has found. Published in the Journal…
Marriages where only one spouse drinks heavily are more likely to end in divorce compared to couples who drink together or…
There is great support within the community for the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse. Many people have high hopes it will right the wrongs of the past and help us, as a nation, to eliminate future…
MATTERS OF THE MIND – a series which examines the clinician’s bible for diagnosing mental disorders, the DSM, and the controversy surrounding the forthcoming fifth edition. The term “addiction” is conspicuously…
Once again, petrol sniffing in Indigenous communities is in the headlines. And once again, sadly, the restraint that newspapers normally exercise in reporting drug issues among non-Indigenous Australians…
Workers are more likely to take remedial action to treat substance abuse, as well as reducing workplace intoxication and…
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer, Youth Work & Youth Studies, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Addiction Medicine, University of Edinburgh
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
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Medical Student, University of Michigan
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Research associate, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Program Head of Psychology, University of Guelph-Humber
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Postdoctoral Fellow at BC Centre on Substance Use | jointly affiliated with Primary Connections, University College Dublin, University of British Columbia
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Lecturer, School of Rural Medicine, University of New England
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PhD Candidate and Sessional Academic in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney