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Criminal justice outcomes of injecting drug use and methamphetamine smoking

  • Research program: Justice health
  • Project status: Current
  • Start date: November 2022
  • Expected end date: October 2025
  • Completion date:
  • Funded by: ARC DP220102593
  • Lead organisation: Curtin University
Project Description

Injection drug use (IDU) and methamphetamine smoking are associated with the majority of illicit drug-related harms and associated costs in Australia. We will extend our studies of people who inject drugs and people who smoke methamphetamine through record linkage to social and criminal justice datasets. We will characterise the trajectories of participants through social services (e.g. public housing) and law enforcement systems to provide a comprehensive account of social and criminal justice impacts of injection drug use and methamphetamine use in Australia for the first time.

NDRI Project Staff
Name & Contact Details Role Research Program Location
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Professor Paul Dietze
Tel: 61 (0)409530027
paul.dietze@curtin.edu.au
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Chief Investigator

Harm reduction policy and strategies

Melbourne
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Dr Michael Livingston
Tel:
michael.livingston@curtin.edu.au
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Chief Investigator

Alcohol policy and strategies

Melbourne
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Dr Michael Curtis
Tel:
michael.curtis@curtin.edu.au
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Project staff

Justice health

Melbourne
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Dr Shelley Walker
Tel: 0490 421 750
shelley.walker@curtin.edu.au
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Project staff

Justice health

Melbourne
External Project Staff
  • Chief Investigator: Lisa Maher, University of New South Wales
  • Chief Investigator: Bernadette Ward, Monash University
  • Chief Investigator: Peter Higgs, Burnet Institute
  • Chief Investigator: Mark Stoove, Burnet Institute
  • Chief Investigator: Jack Stone, University of Bristol
  • Chief Investigator: Matthew Hickman, University of Bristol
  • Chief Investigator: Margaret Hellard, Burnet Institute
  • Chief Investigator: Keith Sutton, Monash University
  • Chief Investigator: Paul Agius, Burnet Institute
Related Publications

Curtis, M., Quinn, B., Stone, J., Maher, L., Agius, P., Stoove, M., A., Ward, B., Jenkinson, R., Hickman, M., Higgs, P. and Dietze, P. (2025). Imprisonment Among People who Use Methamphetamine in Victoria, Australia: A Prospective Cohort Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 267. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111583 [RJ2255] View web page