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December 2011
REVERSING OVERDOSES: An Australian first: Expanding Naloxone availability in the ACT
November 2011
FEMALES DRINK DRIVING: One in five drink drivers are women; Steve Allsop on Today Tonight.
November 2011
NALOXONE EXPLAINED: Expanding Naloxone availability - exploring the issues
November 2011
MEDIA RELEASE: School leaver celebrations: Research finds parents influence their child's alcohol use at 'schoolies'
November 2011
INTERNATIONAL EVALUATION: School alcohol project results in healthier and safer pupils
October 2011
NEW PUBLICATION: HIV, hepatitis C, hepatitis B, sexually transmissible infections, and risk behaviours among Australian prison entrants
October 2011
STUDENT EVENING: Opportunities in postgrad and honours research, and casual work, in alcohol and other drugs field
October 2011
LICENCE TO DRINK?: Dennis Gray discusses alcohol laws in the NT - 7.30
October 2011
CONFERENCE: Contemporary Drug Problems October 3 to 5, 2011, Prato, Italy
September 2011
FORUM: Reducing alcohol-related harm on children and young people
September 2011
LEARNING PROGRAM: University course helps disadvantaged people out of poverty
September 2011
PODCAST: Does moderate drinking have health benefits? Steve Allsop joins AM program to discuss Harvard study
August 2011
NEW BOOK: The Drug Effect: Health, Crime and Society - Co-edited by David Moore
August 2011
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Improving behavioural support to help people overcome addictions - Presented Thursday, 11th August 2011
July 2011
PODCAST: Professor Simon Lenton discusses WA new cannabis laws - ABC Morning Show with Geoff Hutchison
July 2011
ANNUAL REPORT: NDRI's 2010 Annual Report
July 2011
NEW ARTICLE: Calls for wider availability of naloxone to help prevent opioid overdose: Of Substance magazine
July 2011
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Monitoring and improving the health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ex-prisoners - Presented Thursday, 14th July 2011
July 2011
SEMINAR: Monitoring and improving the health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ex-prisoners - Thursday, 14th July 2011
July 2011
NEW PUBLICATION: Indigenous Health research at NDRI: Health at Curtin, Vol 4.
June 2011
NEW ARTICLE: CLEO: Young women who don't drink alcohol
June 2011
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Drugs and the Criminal Justice System - Presented Thursday, 2nd June 2011 (iLecture)
June 2011
SEMINAR: Drugs and the Criminal Justice System - Thursday, 2nd June 2011, 12pm
May 2011
NEW REPORT: National Alcohol Sales Data Project Final Report, 2009
May 2011
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Sex, sutures and school assemblies: Better or worse post liquor restrictions? - Presented Thursday, 19th May 2011
May 2011
SEMINAR: Sex, sutures and school assemblies: Better or worse post liquor restrictions? - Thursday, 19th May 2011, 2:00pm
May 2011
NEW PAPER: Do disorders predict the risk of harmful drug use?
April 2011
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Kalgoorlie residents ready to change hard-drinking reputation
April 2011
NEW REPORT: Kalgoorlie Alcohol Action Project Final Report
April 2011
SEMINAR: 10 years of illicit drug trends - Thursday, 14th April 2011, 2:00pm
March 2011
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Alcohol, licensed venues and violence - Presented Thursday, 3rd March 2011 (iLecture)
March 2011
SEMINAR: "Are you looking at me?" Alcohol-related violence and the night time economy - Thursday, 3rd March 2011, 1:00pm
February 2011
NEW PAPER: More young people hospitalised by liver disease
February 2011
SEMINAR: Improving Aboriginal Peoples sexual and bloodborne viral health - Tuesday, 22nd February 2011, 2:00pm
January 2011
VIDEO: Alcohol our most harmful drug. Professor Steve Allsop discusses alcohol consumption - 7.30 Report
December 2010
NEW PUBLICATION: Reducing alcohol and other drug related harm
November 2010
LIFETIME HONOUR: NDRI Tier 1 colleague recognised with Research Australia Lifetime Achievement Award
November 2010
CONTRIBUTION RECOGNISED: Public Health Association of Australia WA President's Award for NDRI researcher
November 2010
PODCAST: Professor Steve Allsop discusses alcohol consumption in Australia - AM
November 2010
PODCAST: Associate Professor Tanya Chikritzhs discusses alcohol consumption in Australia - The Health Report
November 2010
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: What's needed to Close the Smoking Gap? - Presented Wednesday, 17th November 2010 (iLecture)
November 2010
MEDIA RELEASE: High-risk drinking among young people the focus of new study
November 2010
SEMINAR: What's needed to Close the Smoking Gap? - Wednesday, 17th November 2010, 3:00pm
November 2010
NEW PUBLICATION: Per capita alcohol consumption in Australia: will the real trend please step forward?
October 2010
SEMINAR: Developing Personal and Collective Strategic Empowerment to support the process of recovery from addictions: A credible alternative? - Thursday, 28th October 2010, 11:00am - 12:00pm
October 2010
PODCAST: Associate Professor Tanya Chikritzhs discusses alcohol-related consumption, harm and violence - ABC 702 Sydney
October 2010
BURSARIES: Bursaries for honours and masters students
October 2010
STUDENT EVENING 2010 PRESENTATION: Information evening for 2011 PhD, Honours and Masters students - Presented Thursday, 7th October 2010 (powerpoint pdf)
October 2010
STUDENT EVENING: Information evening for 2011 PhD, Honours and Masters students - Thursday, 7th October 2010, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
September 2010
ADDICTION: Professor Steve Allsop, National Drug Research Institute Director, discusses marijuana use among youth on ABC 720 Perth Mornings program
September 2010
NEW REPORT: Sexual health and behaviour of Queensland prisoners - with Queensland and New South Wales comparisons
July 2010
NEW REPORT: "Don't wake up angry no more" The evaluation of the Norseman Voluntary Liquor Agreement
July 2010
MEDIA RELEASE: Voluntary alcohol restrictions lead to big drop in assaults and hospital admissions
July 2010
PODCAST: Ted Wilkes, NDRI Associate Professor and NIDAC Chair, discusses Australia's Indigenous incarceration rates on the SBS World View program
July 2010
SEMINAR: My-Peer Toolkit: Supporting agencies that help young people support themselves - Thursday, 29th July 2010, 1:00pm
July 2010
SEMINAR: 'Don't wake up angry no more': The evaluation of the Norseman Voluntary Liquor Agreement - Monday, 12th July 2010, 12:30pm
July 2010
SEMINAR: Identifying areas of need for Indigenous people affected by alcohol and other drug problems - Tuesday, 6th July 2010, 1:30pm
June 2010
NEW PUBLICATION: Indigenous specific alcohol and other drug interventions continuities: changes and areas of greatest need
June 2010
SEMINAR: Space, place and young injecting drug users in San Francisco - Tuesday, 22th June 2010, 1:00pm
May 2010
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Identifying areas of need for Indigenous people affected by alcohol and other drug problems - Presented Thursday, 6th May 2010 (iLecture)
May 2010
MEDIA RELEASE: AFL drug testing: transparent approach is important
April 2010
SEMINAR: Identifying areas of need for Indigenous people affected by alcohol and other drug problems - Thursday, 6th May 2010, 3:00pm
April 2010
MEDIA RELEASE: Better alcohol treatment will help 'close the gap'
November 2009
BURSARIES: Bursaries for honours and masters students
November 2009
MEDIA RELEASE: Changing the drinking culture in Australia: Police enforcement should be one of many strategies
November 2009
WHO CONFERENCE: Ideas in ACTION, Solving Global Health Problems, Solutions for Global Health, WHO Global South-South Development Expo 2009
October 2009
MEETING: Capacity Building Grant - Inaugural Team Meeting
October 2009
NEW PUBLICATION: Naloxone for administration by peers in cases of heroin overdose
October 2009
FORUM PRESENTATION: The 'War on Drugs': A case for drug law reform - Presented Thursday, 15th October 2009 (iLecture)
October 2009
FORUM: The 'War on Drugs': A case for drug law reforms - Thursday, 15th October 2009, 3:00pm
October 2009
STUDENT EVENING 2009 PRESENTATION: Information evening for 2010 PhD, Honours and Masters students - Presented Thursday, 8th October 2009 (powerpoint pdf)
October 2009
STUDENT EVENING: Information evening for 2010 PhD, Honours and Masters students - Thursday, 8th October 2009, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
September 2009
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: NDRI future fellow unlocking the secrets of crime
September 2009
MEDIA RELEASE: Alcohol-caused death rates decline but hospitalisations keep on rising
August 2009
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Alcohol, tobacco, pregnancy and harm reduction: Unlocking resistance and understanding their links - presented Wednesday, 26th August 2009 (powerpoint pdf)
August 2009
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Alcohol, tobacco, pregnancy and harm reduction: Unlocking resistance and understanding their links - presented Wednesday, 26th August 2009 (iLecture)
August 2009
SEMINAR: Alcohol, tobacco, pregnancy and harm reduction: Unlocking resistance and understanding their links - Wednesday, 26th August 2009, 2:00pm
August 2009
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Creating a reinforcing environment to promote behaviour change in drug offenders - presented Tuesday, 11th August 2009
August 2009
SEMINAR: Creating a reinforcing environment to promote behaviour change in drug offenders - Tuesday, 11th August 2009, 1:00pm
July 2009
SEMINAR: Alcohol and Drug Issues in Aboriginal Australia - Tuesday, 7th July 2009, 1:30pm
June 2009
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Nipping it in the bud: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Indigenous Communities - presented Thursday, 25th June 2009
June 2009
SEMINAR: Nipping it in the bud: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Indigenous Communities - Thursday, 25th June 2009, 2:00pm
May 2009
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Alcohol, Drugs and the Family: results from a 35-year research program in England, Mexico, Italy, and the Northern Territory - presented Monday, 11th May 2009 (powerpoint pdf)
May 2009
SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Alcohol, Drugs and the Family: results from a 35-year research program in England, Mexico, Italy, and the Northern Territory - presented Monday, 11th May 2009 (audio 9MB mp3)
May 2009
TEENS AND ALCOHOL: ABC Radio Perth podcast of "Trials of Modern Life" discussion with Professor Steve Allsop (Listen)
March 2009
HEALTH JUSTICE FORUM: 2009 WA Justice Health Research Forum Report (pdf)
March 2009
FORUM PROGRAM: 2009 WA Justice Health Research Forum Program (pdf)
March 2009
FORUM PRESENTATIONS: 2009 WA Justice Health Research Forum Presentations (pdf)
March 2009
NEW REPORT: Alcohol, Risk and Harm Reduction: Drinking Amongst Young Adults in Recreational Settings in Perth (pdf)
February 2009
NEW PAPER: Alcohol use and prostate cancer (pdf)
February 2009
TRAINING PROGRAM: Volunteer Addictions Counsellors' Training Program - more info (pdf)
February 2009
APPLICATION FORM: Volunteer Addictions Counsellors' Training Program application form (pdf)
February 2009
NEW PUBLICATION: eMJA Editorial - The "alcopops" tax: heading in the right direction
October 2008
NEW BOOK: Drugs and Public Health: Australian Perspectives on Policy and Practice
June 2008
NEW REPORT: Group analysis of Aboriginal child death review cases in which chronic neglect is present (pdf)
October 2007
NEW REPORT: Effects of the Western Australian Cannabis Infringement Notice Scheme on public attitudes, knowledge and use: a comparison of pre- and post change data (pdf)