Opioid pack sizes halved, new annual checks for patients Doctors will have more oversight over potent but addictive opioid-based medications.
People with a dependency a hidden cost of lockdown Some of Australia’s most vulnerable have been at real risk, Dr Hester Wilson writes.
‘It’s just too easy’: Underage people able to buy alcohol online Online retailers have made it much easier to access alcohol – and researchers warn there are real dangers.
How do you live a life more ordinary? When a ‘broken’ man came to Dr Hester Wilson, she was faced with the limits of what medicine could offer.
When your job is to listen – not to fix When a young acquaintance asked to meet in a park, Dr Hester Wilson was surprised. But there was a reason.
Heroin deaths spike, pharmaceutical opioid deaths creep downwards The 438 deaths caused by heroin in 2018 represent Australia’s highest number in almost 20 years, a new report has found.
Alcohol and older patients: What GPs need to know Figures from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey show Australians may need to turn their assumptions about the demographics of problem drinking upside down.
How one US doctor made a change to help tackle America’s opioid crisis When this emergency doctor was unable to help a patient experiencing addiction, he looked deeper.
Naloxone: What should GPs know? newsGP speaks with an addiction medicine expert about the ‘EpiPen of overdose’.