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Bulletin 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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New 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…

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The National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre aims to ensure the effective delivery of evidence-based information on cannabis to the Australian community.

A range of activities, products and resources have been proposed, as part of the Centre's Strategic Plan, to ensure that NCPIC has a strong profile across the general community, and most particularly amongst the identified target audiences.

Information on upcoming NCPIC events, national free training on the delivery of motivational and brief interventions, regular updates on cannabis trends in the community, as well as information on new resources and training materials will be listed here as information becomes available.

New National Drug Strategy Monograph Series report: 'Cannabis and Mental Health: Put into Context'

8 OCT
2008

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 Download PDF below, to read. Alternatively, if you would like a hard copy of this report, please contact…

Use your experience with problem drug use to help others

22 JUL
2008

Guidelines on how to help someone with a drug use problem are being developed at The University of Melbourne. We are looking for participants to complete a series of online questionnaires about topics such as ‘how to talk to someone about their problem drug use’ and ‘how to manage…

E-Zine, Bulletin and Criminal Justice Bulletin now available

21 JUL
2008

The latest issues of the NCPIC E-Zine, Bulletin and Criminal Justice Bulletins are now available on the NCPIC website. The NCPIC Bulletin is titled - 'Population trends in cannabis use and first results of a study on cannabis-related emergency department presentations' was written by Devon Indig, Dr…

Dr William Miller seminar at NCPIC

11 JUL
2008

NCPIC is very pleased to have hosted the only Sydney presentation by Dr. William (Bill) Miller, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico and co-author of ‘Motivational Interviewing – preparing people for change’. The seminar was…

NCPIC workshop information now available

23 JUN
2008

Information about NCPIC workshops is now available online. Visit the training and workshops section for more information.

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