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Substance-related disorders

2017

Book/media/app review

Unravelling the evidence for prescribing medicinal cannabis

David Allsop

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (7): 285

Letters

Wastewater analysis shows a large decrease in oxycodone use in Adelaide

Philip Crowley, Jason M White, Benjamin J Tscharke and Cobus Gerber

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 88

Letters

Trends in cancer incidence and survival for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory

Robyn Hopkins and Kate A Dolan

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 46 Free

Reflection

The medical coalface of the heroin epidemic

Ines M Rio and Jonathan Epstein

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11): 484-485

Perspectives

Beyond ice: rethinking Australia's approach to illicit drugs

Matthew Y Frei and Alex D Wodak

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (4): 151-152 Free

Perspectives

Reducing alcohol-related violence and other harm in Australia

Wayne D Hall and Megan Weier

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (3): 111-112

Short report

Influence of birth month on the probability of Western Australian children being treated for ADHD

Martin Whitely, Leanne Lester, John Phillimore and Suzanne Robinson

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 85 Free

Short report

Australia Day 2016: alcohol-related presentations to emergency departments

Diana Egerton-Warburton, Andrew Gosbell, Angela Wadsworth, Daniel M Fatovich and Drew B Richardson

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (1): 40 Free

2016

Letters

Estimating the number of regular and dependent methamphetamine users in Australia, 2002–2014

Paul M Dietze, Brendan Quinn and Caitlin Hughes

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9): 425-426

Letters

Estimating the number of regular and dependent methamphetamine users in Australia, 2002–2014

Rebecca McKetin, Louisa Degenhardt and Wayne D Hall

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9): 426

Letters

Medicinal cannabis in Australia: the missing links

Jennifer H Martin and Yvonne Bonomo

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9): 425

Letters

Using opioids in general practice for chronic non-cancer pain: an overview of current evidence

David C Currow, Jane Phillips and Katherine Clark

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 334-335

Letters

How are tobacco smokers using e-cigarettes? Patterns of use, reasons for use and places of purchase in New South Wales

Colin P Mendelsohn

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 335-336

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Severe GHB withdrawal delirium managed with dexmedetomidine

Emma MY Tay, Robert I Graham and Richard O Day

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 251-252

Letters

Medication overuse headache in Australia: a call for multidisciplinary efforts at prevention and treatment

Richard J Stark, Treasure McGuire and Mieke L van Driel

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 283

Perspectives

Medicinal cannabis in Australia: the missing links

Jennifer H Martin and Yvonne A Bonomo

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (10): 371-373 Free

For debate

The Port Arthur massacre and the National Firearms Agreement: 20 years on, what are the lessons?

Michael J Dudley, Alan Rosen, Philip A Alpers and Rebecca Peters

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (10): 381-383 Free

Perspectives

Alcohol and tax — time for real reform

Mike Daube and Julia Stafford

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (6): 218-219 Free

Perspectives

Time to raise the minimum purchasing age for tobacco in Australia

Roger S Magnusson

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (6): 220-221

Perspectives

Australia reschedules naloxone for opioid overdose

Simon R Lenton, Paul M Dietze and Marianne Jauncey

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 146-147 Free

Editorials

Alcohol and other drug treatment policy in Australia

Alison Ritter and Mark Stoove

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 138 Free

Research

Perceptions of Australasian emergency department staff of the impact of alcohol-related presentations

Diana Egerton-Warburton, Andrew Gosbell, Angela Wadsworth, Katie Moore, Drew B Richardson and Daniel M Fatovich

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 155 Free

Short reports

Prescription drug monitoring in Australia: capacity and coverage issues

Rowan P Ogeil, Cherie Heilbronn, Belinda Lloyd and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 148 Free

Editorials

ADHD and psychostimulants — overdiagnosis and overprescription

Adrian J Dunlop and Louise K Newman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 139 Free

Short reports

Trends in drug use among adolescents admitted to residential treatment in Australia

Sally Nathan, Anna Bethmont, Patrick R Rawstorne, Mark Ferry and Andrew Hayen

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 149-150