Wastewater data can only measure the volume of drugs consumed, not the number of people using them or the level of harm they experience.
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If approved, mirtazapine would be the first prescription medicine for people with methamphetamine dependency.
Wholesale and street prices for meth have dropped sharply over seven years, but it’s as potent as ever. Are new global supply routes to blame?
Researchers identified a key molecule that highlights how the immune system is linked to the release of dopamine.
Adulterated drugs and a shortage of pill testing services is making it hard for people who use drugs to stay safe. But they’re taking matters into their own hands.
Driving under the influence of drugs is just as deadly as alcohol impairment, but regulations lag far behind.
The cheap, addictive yaba pill is at the heart of a public health crisis in Thailand, with trafficking networks expanding across southeast Asia.
In recent years, the majority of stimulant-related overdose deaths have also involved fentanyl or other synthetic opioids.
The benefits of providing safe smoking kits include fewer people injecting and stronger connections with harm-reduction services and community groups.
Meth use impairs decision making and can increase reckless behaviour. This effect can last beyond acute drug use into periods of abstinence.
Accidentally taking heroin when you thought it was cocaine or methamphetamine can be deadly, new research confirms. Here’s what to watch out for.
Australian and New Zealand aid and support will be crucial in containing Fiji’s serious HIV outbreak – including combating the drug trade that is fuelling it.
Drug cartels selling drugs in NZ and Australia are using Fiji as a waypoint – where kids as young as nine are being treated for meth addiction, while crime and HIV rates are climbing. What can be done?
An anthropologist who wrote a book exploring meth’s impact on rural communities explains what drove the epidemic and how it’s changed.
One report says methamphetamine use is rising. Another says it’s falling. So what’s going on?
Negative attitudes lead to stigma, which sees people who use drugs isolated and marginalised.
The US has seen a huge rise in drug deaths in the past decade involving a stimulant and a depressant.
For those who need it, Adderall and other stimulants can be game-changing medications that help restore the chemical imbalances underlying ADHD. But for those who don’t, these drugs can be harmful.
Photographing the lives of women meth users in rural America.
As British Columbia begins a new era in drug policy, the drug poisoning crisis continues without an end in sight.
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Research Fellow/Epidemiologist, Australian Institute of Family Studies
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Professor of Neuroscience, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Addiction Psychiatrist, Associate Professor, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Deakin University
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Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer, Youth Work & Youth Studies, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University
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Professor of Biostatistics, University of Technology Sydney
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