North Richmond safe injecting room – Its progress so far Medical Director of North Richmond’s safe injecting room, Dr Nico Clark, speaks with newsGP about the progress of the facility and its benefits for injecting drug users and the surrounding community.
Treating steroid users in general practice – A harm minimisation approach Illicit steroid use may be more widespread among patients than GPs realise, and Dr Beng Eu believes harm minimisation is the best approach for practitioners to take.
Alcohol and amphetamines most common drugs for which people receive treatment The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released its latest report on findings of Australians seeking treatment for alcohol and other drugs per state and territory.
Children of disadvantaged families more often prescribed antipsychotic drugs Australian children and teens from disadvantaged families are more likely to be prescribed antipsychotic medication than others in the same age group, a new study has found.
How cutting back on mood-altering medication may have given one patient his life back Dr Hester Wilson, GP and Chair of the RACGP’s Specific Interests Addiction Medicine network, reflects on the challenges of helping a patient get off his long-term medications.
Trial designer reflects on Australia’s first music festival pill-testing service Taking pills at a music festival should never cost a person their life, emergency physician Dr David Caldicott told newsGP.
Progress made on national real-time prescription monitoring Australia is a step closer to achieving national real-time prescription monitoring, after federal and state health ministers agreed to push for a federated model.
Minister and GPs reassure residents about allowing ice in Melbourne safe injecting room The Victorian Government’s decision to allow the use of ice in the North Richmond safe injecting facility was made with advice from police, addiction experts and frontline first responders, Mental Health Minister Martin Foley said.
Drug use on the rise throughout Australia Australians are using more legal – and illegal – drugs, according to the latest National Wastewater Drug Monitoring report.
Alcohol and illicit drugs responsible for one in every 20 deaths in Australia Alcohol and illicit drugs are behind nearly one in every 20 Australian deaths, new figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have revealed.