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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.

2019

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

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