Practice

Efficacy of Monthly Buprenorphine Injections for Opioid Use Disorders

Scientific article
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Opioid use disorder is a chronic, relapsing disease and a global health burden. Treatment for OUD tends to involve a combination of medication and behavioural intervention. It is recognised that buprenorphine can alleviate opioid withdrawal...

Inspire Freedom Campaign - IOGT International

News
The Inspire Freedom Campaign – Together for women and girls – every 25th is IOGT International’s flagship community campaign to promote the rights of girls and women and to end gender-based violence, by preventing alcohol violence. The...

Confluence of Suicide and Drug Overdose Epidemics in Young Australian Males

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Sydney
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Australia

Young adult males experience higher mortality than females, and in age groups immediately younger and older, and with considerable variation in death rates over time. Trends in mortality and the causal structure of deaths among young adult Australian males over 1979–2011 are investigated, with a focus on suicide and drug overdose.

Xchange Prevention Registry

Website
Xchange is an online registry of evidence-based prevention programmes. In its first phase, the registry will make available manualised interventions that European evaluation studies show have beneficial outcomes relating to substance use...

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program

Book
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Wastewater analysis is widely applied internationally as a tool to measure and interpret drug use within national populations, with the current national program in Australia representing world best practice. The National Wastewater Drug...