Reports and research on alcohol and other drug issues.

Alcohol and other Drug Trends and Statistics

• Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2020 - Penington Institute
• Alcohol Overview - Reports and Data - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
• Australian illicit drug policy timeline 1985-2019 - Drug Policy Modelling Program, UNSW and Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University
• Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs in Australia - Australian Institute of Health & Welfare (AIHW)
• Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2017–18: key findings - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services (AODTS) in Australia 2016-17 - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2016–17: key findings - Australian Institute for Health and Welfare
• Cryptomarket drug listings by drug type and market - online interactive visualisation - Drugs and New Technologies (DNeT) Project - NDARC UNSW
• Drug use monitoring in Australia: Drug use among police detainees, 2018 - Australian Institute of Criminology - December 2019Illicit Drug Data Report 2018-2019 - Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
• Findings from the 2019 Snapshot Survey - Alcohol and Methamphetamine Harm in Emergency Departments - Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
• GDS2020 Key Findings Report - Global Drug Survey - 9th Annual Report
• Illicit Use of Drugs Overview - Reports and Data - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Impacts of COVID-19 and associated restrictions on people who use illicit stimulants in Australia: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System 2020 - Drug Trends, UNSW
• National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report 5, 2018 - Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
• National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Reports - Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
• Smoking Overview - Reports and Data - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
• WA Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Report -  covers findings from annual interviews in Perth with people who regularly inject drugs.
• Western Australian Drug Trends 2020: Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW
• Drug Trends Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW.
• Drug Trends Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW.
• Opioid, amphetamine, and cocaine-induced deaths in Australia: August 2018 - Drug Trends - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
• National 2019 Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) - Drug Trends
• Trends in drug-induced deaths in Australia, 1997-2017 - Drug Trends, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
• Drug Trends Illicit Drug Reporting System 2019 Interview Report - Western Australia - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
• Drug Trends - Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System - 2019 EDRS Interview Report - Western Australia - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
• Illicit Drug Data Report 2017–18 (IDDR) - Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) - provides an overview of changes, as well as longer term trends.
• Report on the 2nd ACT GTM Pill Testing Pilot: a Harm Reduction Service - Pill Testing Australia - August 2019
• Trends in drug-induced-deaths in Australia, 1997-2019 - Drug Trends Bulletin - Agata Chrzanowska and others
• Western Australian Drug Trends 2021: Key Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
• Western Australian Drug Trends 2021: Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales

COVID-19 and Alcohol and other Drugs

• Alcohol-related harm in families and alcohol consumption during COVID-19 - Australian Institute of Family Studies
• Alcohol retail during COVID-19 Report - FARE Australia - February 2021
• Alcohol and the Coronavirus Pandemic - alcohol fuels the coronavirus pandemic in different ways according to a new international report by researchers including Australia's Tanya Chikritzhs.
• COVID-19 vaccination among people who inject drugs: Leaving no one behind - Jenny Iversen and others in Drug and Alcohol Review
• GDS COVID-19 Special Edition: Key Findings Report - Global Drug Survey
• Stronger Together: Loneliness and social connectedness in Australia - Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre
• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the non-government alcohol and other drug sector: future implications - Drug Policy Modelling Program, University of New South Wales - research conducted in NSW, ACT and Tasmania.

Alcohol

• Western Australian Drug Trends 2020: Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews - Foundation for Alcohol and Research and Education (FARE) and Cancer Council WA - May 2020
• "The 'Instagrammability' of Pink Drinks" How alcohol is marketed  to women in Australia - Alcohol Programs Team, Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA, Curtin University - November 2019.
• Harm to others from drinking: patterns in nine societies - World Health Organization, 2019
• 2019 Alcohol Poll - the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education's poll finds that less than half of Australians are aware of the link between alcohol use and mouth and throat cancer (29%) and breast cancer (16%).
• Alcohol Advertising Review Board (AARB) 2018-2019 Impact Report
• Cities of Armadale, Canning and Gosnells Alcohol Action Plan 2019-2022
• 2018 Alcohol Poll - Dangerous cocktail: Aussies uninformed and misled on alcohol-related cancer & disease links - Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) - March 2018.
• Esports and Alcohol Advertising Research Report - Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE)
• Impossible to escape: The need for stronger restrictions on the placement of alcohol marketing in Australia - Alcohol Advertising Review Board - May 2019
• Apparent Consumption of Alcohol, Australia, 2017-18 - Australian Bureau of Statistics - September 2019
• Meet the alcohol researchers featured in On the Sauce - Centre for Alcohol Policy and Research (CAPR)
• The Case for a Minimum (Floor) Pricing of Alcohol in WA - WA Alcohol and Youth Action Coalition
• WHO - Global status report on alcohol and health 2018

Ecstasy - MDMA

• Recent use of ‘capsules contents unknown’ among a sample of people who frequently use ecstasy and other illicit stimulants in Australia. Kelly, G., Bruno, R., & Peacock, A. (2019).
• National 2019 Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) - Drug Trends
• Correlates of self-reported significant adverse effects following ‘ecstasy’ use: Implications for harm reduction - Drug Trends Bulletin, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW

Methamphetamine

• Inquiry into Crystal Methamphetamine (Ice) - Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement - March 2018
• Review of methamphetamine use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
• Trends in treatment episodes for methamphetamine smoking and injecting in Australia, 2003–2019 - Rebecca McKetin and others in Drug and Alcohol Review

Opioids

• The rise of prescription opioids and the promise of medicinal cannabis - 2019 Turning Point Symposium and Oration
• Reviewing six years of a peer-driven naloxone training program in Western Australia. Fetherston, J., Grigg, J., & Lenton, S. (2019).
• National opioid pharmacotherapy statistics annual data (NOPSAD) 2017 - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Opioid harm in Australia: and comparisons between Australia and Canada - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - 9 November 2018.
• Understanding the impediments to uptake and diffusion of take-home naloxone in Australia: Summary report of project publications and recommendations - Adrian Farrugia, La Trobe University, and others.

Complexity and Capacity Building

• A Fairer Future for Grandchildren: Understanding the Impact of the Caring Role on Grandparents Raising their Grandchildren - Wanslea, ECU and Curtin University with support from Lotterywest
• Close to home: young people and the impact of alcohol and drug use by family and peers - Mission Australia - August 2019
• Insights into hardship and disadvantage in Perth, Western Australia: The 100 Families WA Report (August 2021)
• Staying Home: A Youth Survey report on young people's experience of homelessness - Mission Australia
• The State of Homelessness in Australia's Cities - Centre for Social Impact - University of Western Australia - April 2018
• Wellbeing and Healing Through Connection and Culture Report - Lifeline Australia / Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention

Equity, Diversity and Human Rights

• 2020 Australian Reconciliation Barometer - Reconciliation Australia
• 2020 Youth Survey Report and Infographic - Mission Australia
• Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) Report and Community Guide - Australian Human Rights Commission
• Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring? Report - International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD)
• Towards Human Rights Compliance in Australian Prisons - Anita Mackay - Australian National University

Hepatitis C

• Decline in hepatitis C treatment uptake could threaten Australia’s elimination targets - The Kirby Institute.
• Missing Connections: Service user experiences of people living with hepatitis C exiting custodial settings - AIVL - July 2019
• Missing Connections: Service user experiences of people living with hepatitis C exiting custodial settings - AIVL, July 2019
• Monitoring hepatitis C treatment uptake in Australia Issue 10, June 2019 - Kirby Institute - this report summarises data on the prescription and distribution of hepatitis C treatments and provides insight into the initial phase of the roll-out of DAA therapy in Australia.
• Monitoring hepatitis C treatment uptake in Australia Issue 9, July 2018 - The Kirby Institute.

Health

• Closing the Gap Report 2020 - Australian Government 
• pdf Investing In Women's Health (942 KB) - Women's Community Health Network WA.
• Jean Hailes National Women’s Health Survey Results - Jean Hailes for Women's Health
• Joining the dots: 2018 census of the Australian health justice landscape - Health Justice Australia
• Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2020 - Health Facts - Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
• Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2019 - Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
• Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2018 - Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. Supporting resources include a plain-language summary and Powerpoint presentations that can be used as a teaching resource.
• WA Men’s Health and Wellbeing Policy: 12 Month Check-Up Report - WA Department of

Stigma and Discrimination

• Don’t judge, and listen: experiences of stigma and discrimination related to problematic alcohol and other drug use - Queensland Mental Health Commission

Sector and Workforce Planning

• 2018 Peer Workforce Report - WA Peer Supporters' Network - April 2018
• Lowitja Institute Career Pathways Project Report and Infographic - provides insights and guidance to enhance the capacity of the health system to retain and support the development and careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 
• Exploring the place of alcohol and other drug services in the mental health system - a new report by 360Edge makes the case for a collaborative but separate alcohol and other drug and mental health sector.
• WA Not-for-profit Landscape 2020 Report - Not-for-profits UWA Research Group

Harm Reduction

• Evaluation of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme subsidised take home naloxone pilot - Australian Government Department of Health

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