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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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NCPIC produces regular bulletins on a variety of cannabis-related topics, including the latest cannabis research by the Centre and its consortium partners. These are available on this website and are emailed to a subscribers' list when they become available.

Bulletins are written by NCPIC staff, consortium partners, as well as guest researchers from around the country.

Bulletin 4: Barriers and facilitators to cannabis treatment

6 NOV
2008

Cannabis is the least disapproved of, easiest to obtain and most widely used illicit drug in Australia . However, as demonstrated in recent research, few people with cannabis dependence enter specialist treatment2,3. Studies exploring the characteristics of individuals seeking and attending…

Bulletin 2: The management of cannabis use in Australian general practice

29 MAR
2008

Cannabis use is infrequently managed by Australian general medical practitioners (GPs). In terms of illicit drug problems, however, it is second only to the management of heroin use, which mostly involves the prescription of opioid maintenance pharmacotherapy. In any given year, the majority of Australians (85%) visit a GP at least once…

Bulletin 1: Clinical profiles of cannabis-dependent adolescents in residential substance use treatment

1 JAN
2008

Cannabis is the most common drug for which young people present to specialist drug and alcohol treatment in Australia. In 2005-06, 50.1% of Australian substance use treatment episodes among young people aged 10 to 19 years involved cannabis as the principal drug of concern, followed by alcohol…