NDRI in the Media
NDRI has built a reputation as a reliable source of information and expertise on a range of issues around alcohol and other drug use and related harms, and as a result we are regularly contacted by the media.
A selection of opinion pieces and news items featuring NDRI research and researchers appears below.
- THE CONVERSATION - What causes hangovers, blackouts and 'hangxiety'?: Everything you need to know about alcohol these holidays
- THE CONVERSATION - Cap your alcohol at 10 drinks a week: new draft guidelines
- ABC RADIO PERTH DRIVE - Three dead and close to 100 non-fatal overdoses: why is Perth seeing a spike in drug overdoses?
- ABC RN DRIVE - Sexual harassment and violence: research reveals harm from young drinkers
- THE CONVERSATION - Parents of teens, here's what you really need to know about MDMA
- COURIER MAIL - Experts call for pill testing trials ahead of busy Ballarat festival season
- THE CONVERSATION - When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?
- BUSTLE - Is wine drunk different from beer drunk or liquor drunk?
- THE NEW DAILY - The alarming cost of smoking - in dollar terms and deaths
- THE CONVERSATION: My friends are taking MDMA at raves and music festivals: Is it safe?
- THE SPINOFF: Around the world in five cannabis markets
- ABC NEWS: WA and the ACT both decriminalised marijuana, but they have gone in very different directions since.
- THE CONVERSATION: Home grown cannabis to be legal in the ACT. Now what?
- RADIO 6PR: Drug expert explains performance enhancing capabilities of cannabis
- THE CONVERSATION: Drugs don’t affect job seeking, so let’s offer users help rather than take away their payments
- SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Good news for those wanting to cut back on alcohol, an app could help
- ABC LIFE: The dangers of rewarding yourself with alcohol
- ABC RADIO NATIONAL AM: Asia-Pacific meth market now the biggest in the world, UN says
- RADIO ADELAIDE: Are there alternatives to pill testing?
- THE CONVERSATION: Testing festival goers’ pills isn’t the only way to reduce overdoses. Here’s what else works
- ABC LIFE: So you've got a hangover. Will a sports drink help?
- WESTERN INDEPENDENT: Experts plea for more action on illegal drugs
- THE AGE – Alcohol is no longer an excuse for appalling behaviour
- PEDESTRIAN.TV – Healthy Harold is still kicking, but drug experts say he needs to go harder
- CANBERRA TIMES - Should Canberra allow dope-growing clubs to be set up?
- RADIO 2NM BREAKFAST - Nicole Lee - Discussing drug use
- THE CONVERSATION - Did you look forward to last night’s bottle of wine a bit too much? Ladies, you’re not alone
- RADIO FIVE AA - Alan Hickey - Do teetotallers live longer than moderate drinkers?
- ABC RADIO PERTH FOCUS - Alcohol and drugs - how to get the right treatment once you've realised you have a problem
- THE CONVERSATION: ‘My friend is using ice and smoking pot. What do I do?’: advice from an expert
- THE CONVERSATION: History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren’t
- ABC TRIPLE J - How does ecstasy kill? Here's what happens in the body
- THE SPINOFF – What are the health risks in taking ecstasy?
- THE CONVERSATION - How does ecstasy kill?
- THE CONVERSATION - Three charts on who uses illicit drugs in Australia
- ABC RADIO PERTH FOCUS - Pill testing at festivals - does it send a message it's ok to take drugs?
- ABC LOCAL RADIO - Ain't nothing new about 'nangs' but how worried should we be about the drug?
- THE WEST AUSTRALIAN - A dose of reality on pill testing from WA doctors
- RADIO 3AW - Monkey Dust: The 101 on the latest dangerous drug hitting the streets