MJA
MJA

Substance-related disorders

2017

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

Medicinal cannabis in Australia: the missing links

Jennifer H Martin and Yvonne Bonomo

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9): 425

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

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

Time to raise the minimum purchasing age for tobacco in Australia

Roger S Magnusson

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

Perspectives

Alcohol and tax — time for real reform

Mike Daube and Julia Stafford

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

Perspectives

Managing legal and medical complexities in caring for people with drug and alcohol problems: a call for change

Ian W Webster

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 141-142

Short reports

Trends in methamphetamine residues in wastewater in metropolitan and regional cities in south-east Queensland, 2009–2015

Foon Yin Lai, Jake O'Brien, Phong K Thai, Wayne D Hall and Jochen Mueller

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 151-152 Free

Perspectives

Take-home naloxone programs and calls to emergency services

Amy Kirwan, Michael Curtis, Ingrid A van Beek, Kate Cantwell and Paul M Dietze

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 143

Research

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

Louisa Degenhardt, Sarah Larney, Gary Chan, Timothy Dobbins, Megan Weier, Amanda Roxburgh, Wayne D Hall and Rebecca McKetin

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 153 Free

Perspectives

Drug checking to improve monitoring of new psychoactive substances in Australia

Robin J Butterfield, Monica J Barratt, Nadine Ezard and Richard O Day

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 144-145

Editorials

“Ice” (crystal methamphetamine): concerns and responses

Margaret Hamilton and Adrian J Dunlop

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 136-137 Free

Research

ADHD medication overdose and misuse: the NSW Poisons Information Centre experience, 2004–2014

Rose Cairns, Benjamin Daniels, Danielle A Wood and Jonathan Brett

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 154 Free

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