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Dr Jodie Grigg

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Jodie has worked for the National Drug Research Institute since 2010. In that time, she has worked on various illicit drug projets, including the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS), the Illicit Drugs Reporting System (IDRS) and the Social Supply of Cannabis in Australia Project. She currently coordinates the WA arm of the EDRS.

Jodie's doctoral thesis was titled 'A mixed-methods study of drug use at outdoor music festivals in Western Australia and Victoria'. It focused on drug use, drug policy and harm reduction. She has already presented her findings at two international conferences and at a NSW coronial inquest into six drug-related festival deaths. She hopes the research will contribute to more evidence-informed responses.

Prior to joining NDRI, Jodie completed an undergraduate degree double majoring in Psychology and Addictions Studies. She then went on to complete Honours in Psychology, with a thesis investigating the association between ecstasy and other psychostimulant drug use and weight control.

Jodie has also worked as a Counsellor/Educator at Holyoake North East Metro Community Drug Service (NEMCDS) and as a Project Support Officer at Local Drug Action Groups Inc. (2008-2010).

Qualifications
  • PhD National Drug Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University
  • BA (Hons) Psychology, Edith Cowan University
  • BA Psychology and Addiction Studies, Edith Cowan University
Expertise and Research Interests
  • Drug policy
  • Ecstasy/MDMA and related drug trends ('party drugs')
  • Drug use and harm reduction at music events and festivals
  • Wearable technologies as drug research and intervention tools
Current Projects
Completed Projects
NDRI Publications

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2022). Reasons for non-prescribed benzodiazepine use among a sample of people who regularly use ecstasy and/or other illicit stimulants in Australia. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney. [UP42] View web page

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2022). Western Australian Drug Trends 2021: Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney. ISBN: 978-0-7334-4026-7 [T303] View web page

Grigg, J., Barratt, M., J. and Lenton, S. (2022). Drug policing down under: An investigation of panic consumption, internal concealment and the use of drug amnesty bins among a sample of Australian festival goers. International Journal of Drug Policy, 106. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103769 [RJ1873] View web page

Price, O., Man, N., Bruno, R., Dietze, P., Salom, C., L., Lenton, S., Grigg, J., Gibbs, D., Wilson, T., Degenhardt, L., Chan, R., Thomas, N. and Peacock, A. (2022). Changes in illicit drug use and markets with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System, 2016-2020. Addiction, 117, (1), pp. 182-194. DOI: 10.1111/add.15620 [RJ1648] View web page

Grigg, J. (2021). Public consultation on interim decisions to amend the Poisons Standard (nitrous oxide) - Part B - Written comments. [R358]

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2021). Increasing trends in coke, ket, nangs and poppers among people who regularly use ecstasy and/or other illicit stimulants, Perth WA. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, NSW. [UP40] View web page

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2021). Western Australian Drug Trends 2020: Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW. ISBN: 978-0-7334-3961-2 [T291] View web page

Grigg, J. and Soderstrom, J. (2021). TGA Submission - Quantifying the burden of nitrous oxide use to Emergency Departments around WA. [R359]

Peacock, A., Gibbs, D., Price, O., Barratt, M., J., Ezard, N., Sutherland, R., Hill, P., L., Grigg, J., Lenton, S., Page, R., Salom, C., L., Hughes, C. and Bruno, R. (2021). Profile and correlates of colorimetric reagent kit use among people who use ecstasy/MDMA and other illegal stimulants in Australia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 97, pp. 103334. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103334 [RJ1722] View web page

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2020). Impacts of COVID-19 and associated restrictions on people who use illicit stimulants in Western Australia: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System 2020. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, NSW. [T288] View web page

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2020). Increasing trends in self-reported use of nitrous oxide among WA EDRS samples. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW. [T289] View web page

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2020). Western Australia Drug Trends 2019: Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW. ISBN: 978-0-7334-3904-9 DOI: 10.26190/5e460ebe7b309 [T283] View web page

Grigg, J., Lenton, S. and Barratt, M., J. (2020). A mixed methods study of drug use at outdoor music festivals in Western Australia and Victoria. Curtin University. [TH] Download PDF Abstract

Fetherston, J., Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2019). Reviewing six years of a peer-driven naloxone training program in Western Australia. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW. [R332] View web page

Fetherston, J., Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2019). Western Australian Drug Trends 2018: Key findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, NSW. ISBN: 978-0-7334-3850-9 [T271] View web page

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2019). Expert Report - Inquest into Deaths Arising at Music Festivals. NSW Department of Justice Inquest into Deaths Arising at Music Festivals. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [R336]

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2019). Expert report - The Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug 'Ice'. NSW The Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug 'Ice'. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [R345]

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2019). Shifting trends in the Perth ecstasy market: Harm reduction implications. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales., Sydney, Australia. [R333] View web page

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2019). Western Australia Drug Trends 2018: Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW. [T270] View web page

Grigg, J., Lenton, S. and Peacock, A. (2019). Correlates of self-reported significant adverse effects following ‘ecstasy’ use: Implications for harm reduction. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW. [R339] View web page

Grigg, J., Barratt, M., J. and Lenton, S. (2018). Double dropping down under: Correlates of simultaneous consumption of two ecstasy pills in a sample of Australian outdoor music festival attendees. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, (7), pp. 851-855. DOI: 10.1111/dar.12843 [RJ1354] View web page

Grigg, J., Barratt, M., J. and Lenton, S. (2018). Drug detection dogs at Australian outdoor music festivals: Deterrent, detection and iatrogenic effects. International Journal of Drug Policy, 60, pp. 89-95. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.002 [RJ1353] View web page

Scott, J., A., Grigg, J., Barratt, M., J. and Lenton, S. (2017). Social capital and cannabis supply. Journal of Sociology, 53, (2), pp. 382-397. DOI: 10.1177/1440783316688342 [RJ1286] View web page

Lenton, S., Grigg, J., Scott, J., A. and Barratt, M., J. (2016). The social supply of cannabis in Australia: Definitional challenges and regulatory possibilities. In Werse, B. and Bernard, C. (eds.) Friendly Business - International Views on Social Supply, Self-Supply and Small-Scale Drug Dealing. Springer VS, Stuttgart. pp. 29-46. [CH207] View web page

Grigg, J., Scott, J., Lenton, S. and Barratt, M., J. (2015). Social supply of cannabis in Australia. National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF), Canberra. ISBN: 1449-7476 [T239] View web page Abstract

Lenton, S., Grigg, J., Scott, J., A. and Barratt, M., J. (2015). The social supply of cannabis among young people in Australia. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice, December, (503), pp. 1-6. [RJ1027] View web page

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2014). WA trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2013: Findings from the Ecstasy and related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS). National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, NSW. ISBN: 978-0-7334-3411-2 [T298] View web page

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2013). WA trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2012: Findings from the Ecstasy and related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS). National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, NSW. ISBN: 978-0-7334-3247-7 [T224] View web page

External Publications

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