New rules attempt to curb opioid-related deaths in Australia. These changes are a step in the right direction – but we need to tread carefully to avoid unintended consequences.
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The overdose crisis — coupled with a lack of accessible harm reduction services — represents a growing concern for young queer and trans men who use drugs.
Pharmacists are well positioned to provide communities with a lifesaving drug.
There’s widespread attention on the dangers of opioid addiction, but use of damaging crystal meth continues in the U.S., with police seizures rising.
Students looking to gain an academic edge by taking stimulants such as Adderall fail to do better on tests and also mess up their sleep. A neuroscientist explains why.
The annual number of paracetamol poisoning cases in Australia has increased by 44% over the last decade. To tackle this problem, we need tighter regulation around the way paracetamol is sold.
Similar laws in the US have actually led to increasing the risk of fatal drug overdoses.
Every summer we hear of more deaths from drugs at festivals. But MDMA was originally a medicine, so how can it kill users?
Monkey dust is in the “bath salts” family. Here’s what that means.
With several music festival patrons dying this year the pill testing debate is in full swing. Yet people can already purchase legally available test kits. Do they work?
Ambulance call-outs associated with the misuse of pregabalin (Lyrica) have increased tenfold in Victoria since 2012, mirroring an increase in prescription rates.
People who use painkillers for non-medical reasons often justify it as a form of self-medication for legitimate medical diagnoses such as depression, anxiety and stress.
Canadian hospitals are ill-equipped to deal with the inpatient opioid crisis. Lack of specialist addictions care puts patients and staff at risk.
Naloxone programmes have sprung up in the UK and elsewhere, but drug death rates keep climbing.
More young people are using Xanax – but overdose, addiction and side effects present serious risks.
Phenibut is a central nervous system depressant, and is currently being investigated for its possible role in seven overdoses at a Queensland school.
Catastrophic increases in opioid overdose deaths across Canada require a broad response – tackling housing, food and income insecurity as well as the contaminated drug supply.
An injecting centre provides the setting and the possibility for a new type of connection with drug users.
Surgeons are big prescribers of opioids. But while guidelines are in place for dentists and for doctors who prescribe opioid-based painkillers for long-term pain, there are none for surgeons.
Maybe it’s time the government listened to the advice offered by its Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Professor of Neuropharmacology, University of Lancashire
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Associate Professor, National Drug Research Institute / enAble Institute, Curtin University
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PhD Candidate, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Sydney
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Professor at the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Palliative Medicine Physician, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use and Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Medicinal Chemist, UNSW
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Munk Global Journalism Fellow, University of Toronto
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Addiction Psychiatrist, Associate Professor, Monash University