New figures released today show that each year, 19,000 general practice consultations across Australia involve the management of cannabis-related problems. Cannabis-related consultations are more likely to be sought by males, people between the ages of 15 and 44 years, owners of Health Care…
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RSSBulletin 4: Barriers and facilitators to cannabis treatment
Cannabis is the least disapproved of, easiest to obtain and most widely used illicit drug in Australia . However, as demonstrated in recent research,…
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RSSNew National Drug Strategy Monograph Series report: 'Cannabis and Mental Health: Put into Context'
The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing has just released the report Cannabis and Mental Health: Put into Context, as part of its National Drug Strategy Monograph Series. Click…
Media Releases
RSSNCPIC staff continue to be available to the media to comment on cannabis-related issues. Press releases are issued on a regular basis, either to promote Centre publications and/or activities, or to respond to a cannabis-related media story.
We will be adding media releases to this archive throughout the year.
Girls' cannabis use catches up, but males still the heaviest casualties
A recently published bulletin by the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) has de-bunked a commonly held myth that teenage boys and girls are surely from ‘different planets’, at least when it relates to their patterns of recent cannabis use.
Australian suburbs 'hot beds' for the nation's cannabis
Suburban Australian neighbourhoods are where much of the cannabis is now grown and distributed in Australia, according to a new report released today. The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), who authored the report, found that hydroponically grown cannabis is the most commonly detected form…
New National Cannabis Centre responding to increasing demand
At least 200,000 Australian adults are believed to be dependent on cannabis, with around one in ten people who ever try the drug becoming dependent on it at some time in their lives.