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SUMMARY:Drug checking around Australia: A snapshot of services\, findings\, and insights for the festival season
DESCRIPTION:As Australia heads into the summer festival season\, concerns associated with high-potency and emerging synthetic substances\, such as nitazenes\, are high. In an evolving drug market\, drug checking is increasingly recognised as an important harm reduction and public health tool\, supporting both surveillance and informed decision-making. \nThis webinar will bring together experts from drug checking services across the country\, providing a snapshot of the current landscape of drug checking and alert systems in Australia. Through four short presentations\, speakers will explore how and where these services operate\, their role in national surveillance and alert systems\, trends in the illicit drug market\, key insights for the festival season\, and what’s on the horizon for harm reduction in Australia.
URL:https://www.vaada.org.au/event/drug-checking-around-australia-a-snapshot-of-services-findings-and-insights-for-the-festival-season/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="National Drug Research Institute":MAILTO:ndri@curtin.edu.au
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SUMMARY:Criminalisation vs Care: Experiences and responses to methamphetamine use in Australia
DESCRIPTION:Methamphetamine is one of the most used substances among people who have contact with Australia’s criminal legal system. However\, our understanding of the experiences and drivers of criminal legal system involvement for people who use methamphetamine is limited. In this webinar\, Shelley Walker will present findings of a qualitative study about the harms associated with the criminalisation of methamphetamine use on rural Victorians who smoke methamphetamine and Michael Curtis will present on the incidence and correlates of imprisonment in a cohort of Victorians who smoke methamphetamine. Rebecca McKetin will then provide a brief update of the evidence for treating methamphetamine use disorder\, including progress towards pharmacotherapy options and innovations in other evidence-based treatment options.
URL:https://www.vaada.org.au/event/criminalisation-vs-care-experiences-and-responses-to-methamphetamine-use-in-australia/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250917T160000
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SUMMARY:NDRI webinar: Young people\, alcohol and risk: understanding recent declines in youth drinking
DESCRIPTION:Adolescent alcohol consumption has declined steeply since the early 2000s in many high-income countries. This webinar will summarise the results of a major international collaboration between researchers in Australia\, the UK and Sweden to attempt to describe and explain these changes. We will be summarising work that is laid out in more detail in our recently published book\, Young People\, Alcohol and Risk: A Culture of Caution\, which outlines the key themes developed across the course of our work. \nSpeakers: \nA/Prof Michael Livingston (NDRI\, Curtin): Michael will introduce the topic\, outlining what we know about drinking trends among young people in high income countries alongside trends in a range of other risk-taking behaviours including illicit drug use. \nProf John Holmes (University of Sheffield): John will summarise the key quantitative findings of our research program\, explaining the work that we’ve done assessing the links between a variety of potential explanatory factors (e.g. parenting practices\, attitudes to risk\, the internet and social media) and drinking trends. \nDr Amy Pennay (La Trobe University): Amy will bring everything together\, drawing on qualitative data from Australia\, Sweden and the UK and laying out the theoretical framework we have developed to explain how generational differences in attitudes to risk have shaped consumption patterns of today’s young people.
URL:https://www.vaada.org.au/event/ndri-webinar-young-people-alcohol-and-risk-understanding-recent-declines-in-youth-drinking/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="National Drug Research Institute":MAILTO:ndri@curtin.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250820T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250820T134500
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SUMMARY:NDRI WEBINAR: Opioid overdose: Evidence\, experience and emerging threats
DESCRIPTION:NDRI WEBINAR: Opioid overdose: Evidence\, experience and emerging threats \nWED AUGUST 20TH – 11-11:45am AWST / 1-1:45 AEST \nPresenters: \nProfessor Simon Lenton (National Drug Research Institute\, Curtin University) \nEle Morrison (AIVL) \nDr Amanda Roxburgh (Burnet Institute) \n­­Facilitated by Dr Michael Curtis (National Drug Research Institute\, Curtin University) \nEvery opioid overdose is preventable\, yet more than 12\,000 Australians have died from a drug overdose which included opioids in the past decade. \nIn NDRI’s August webinar\, Dr Michael Curtis will briefly describe current trends in opioid overdose in Australia. Professor Simon Lenton will then present evidence from recent developments in Australian harm reduction initiatives. Ele Morrison will discuss peer perspectives and priorities for reducing opioid overdoses in Australia. Finally\, Dr Amanda Roxburgh will present on the emergence of novel synthetic opioids in Australia and implications for harm reduction initiatives. \nPlease register to join us virtually for the webinar.   \nClick here for further information about the NDRI webinar series and to join the mailing list for future events\, email ndri@curtin.edu.au
URL:https://www.vaada.org.au/event/ndri-webinar-opioid-overdose-evidence-experience-and-emerging-threats/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="National Drug Research Institute":MAILTO:ndri@curtin.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250702T160000
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SUMMARY:NDRI July webinar: Foresight methods and more resilient health policy
DESCRIPTION:We live in an increasingly uncertain world. In response to this\, the use of Foresight methods has become recognised as a highly valued approach for more effective engagement with stakeholders\, to inform policy development and strategic planning exercises\, and to increase organisation and sector resilience and preparedness to future events. \nIn NDRI’s July webinar\, hear firsthand insights into how using Foresight methods has increased EU agencies’ ability to prepare for and rapidly respond to new public health challenges in the area of illicit drugs and communicable disease\, and take part in a discussion on the possible lessons we can learn from the European experience on how we can be better prepared in Australia to respond effectively to future health challenges.
URL:https://www.vaada.org.au/event/ndri-july-webinar-foresight-methods-and-more-resilient-health-policy/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="National Drug Research Institute":MAILTO:ndri@curtin.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250625T130000
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SUMMARY:NDRI WEBINAR – Trends in harms from alcohol: The National Alcohol Indicators Project
DESCRIPTION:The National Alcohol Indicators Project (NAIP) is a nationally coordinated project aimed at tracking and reporting on trends in alcohol-related harm in Australia at national\, state and local levels. One of the main objectives of the project is to develop a set of indicators for the continual monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of state and national alcohol policies. This webinar will focus on trends in alcohol-related hospitalisations and deaths in Australia. \nThis webinar will be facilitated by Professor Tanya Chikritzhs\, the principal investigator of NAIP. Dr William Gilmore will provide a tour of www.alcoholharmtool.info – an instant\, interactive data visualisation tool to identify trends and patterns in alcohol-attributable deaths and hospitalisations in Australia. Associate Professor Michael Livingston’s presentation will examine recent trends in alcohol-related liver disease in Australia\, unpacking how rates of deaths and hospital admissions have been influenced by cohort specific patterns of drinking as well as broader social changes. Dr Nic Taylor will discuss how NAIP has been used to evaluate the Northern Territory’s alcohol floor price (Minimum Unit Price).
URL:https://www.vaada.org.au/event/ndri-webinar-trends-in-harms-from-alcohol-the-national-alcohol-indicators-project/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="National Drug Research Institute":MAILTO:ndri@curtin.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250430T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250430T134500
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SUMMARY:NDRI Webinar - Young people and vaping: The pervasiveness of social media marketing and prevention efforts
DESCRIPTION:Vaping is a growing public health concern\, especially for younger populations. National survey evidence indicates that vaping has increased exponentially in the past 5-10 years among adolescents and young adults. \nThis webinar brings together a range of speakers to discuss the marketing of vapes on social media\, key strategies to reduce vaping among young people\, and recent findings from projects aiming to prevent young people from vaping. \nProfessor Jonine Jancey will discuss how vape content is presented on social media\, how this content has been managed and how it will (hopefully) be managed in the future\, in the Australian context. Lorena Chapman will provide an overview of Cancer Council WA’s youth vaping prevention and support program\, Clear the Air\, including an overview of current campaign activities and community-based initiatives that the team is working on to support young people to break free from vaping. Jazlyn East will provide insight into NDRI’s Our Futures Vaping Trial\, an evidence-based educational initiative designed to address the rising concern of adolescent vaping in Australia.
URL:https://www.vaada.org.au/event/ndri-webinar-young-people-and-vaping-the-pervasiveness-of-social-media-marketing-and-prevention-efforts/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="National Drug Research Institute":MAILTO:ndri@curtin.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250416T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250416T164500
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SUMMARY:NDRI APRIL WEBINAR: The Intersection of Violence and Drug Use Among Women
DESCRIPTION:WED APRIL 16th – 2-2:45pm AWST / 4-4:45pm AEST / 7-7:45am BST \nPresenters:  \nGail Gilchrist\, Kings College\, London \nSam Colledge-Frisby\, National Drug Research Institute\, Curtin University \nJade Lane\, Burnet Institute \nFacilitated by Shelley Walker & Emma Vieira (National Drug Research Institute\, Curtin University) \nWomen who use drugs are at an increased risk of gender-based violence\, which encompasses a range of victimisation and has been linked to negative social and health outcomes. As well\, there are unique consequences for this group of women\, such as increased and negative interactions with police\, higher risk of overdose\, adverse impacts on substance use patterns\, and impeding treatment engagement or completion. \nThis webinar will start with an overview of the international literature regarding violence among women who use drugs\, provided by Gail Gilchrist. Next\, Sam Colledge-Frisby will present findings from a developing study investigating the prevalence of gender-based violence and accessing of medical care among women who inject drugs. Finally\, Jade Lane will introduce perspectives from a co-design project focusing on community-led alternative responses to gender-based violence that are suitable to the needs of women with histories of drug use. \nPlease register to join us virtually for the webinar.  \nClick here for further information about the NDRI webinar series and to join the mailing list for future events\, email ndri@curtin.edu.au
URL:https://www.vaada.org.au/event/ndri-april-webinar-the-intersection-of-violence-and-drug-use-among-women/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="National Drug Research Institute":MAILTO:ndri@curtin.edu.au
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