Substance‐related disorders

New liquor licensing laws were effective in their first 12 months

Gordian WO Fulde FRACS, FACEM, FRCS/RCP(A · Myles Smith MB BS · S Lesley Forster MB BS, FRACMA, FAFPHM

There remains an overriding belief in Australian correctional systems that PNSPs are incompatible with security; a contention not borne out by international experience

Mark Stoové BAAppSci(Hons), GradDip(Ed), PhD · Carla J Treloar PhD · Lisa Maher PhD · Helen Tyrrell BA, MBA, FCHSM · Jack Wallace MSc(IntDev)

Codeine-related deaths (are increasing as the consumption of codeine-based products increases

Amanda Roxburgh BA(Psych)(Hons), MCrim, MPsychol(Clin) · Wayne D Hall PhD, BSc · Lucinda Burns PhD, MPH, GradDipHPol · Jennifer Pilgrim PhD, BSc(Hons) · Eva Saar PhD(Med), BPharm · Suzanne Nielsen PhD, BPharm, BPharmSc(Hons) · Louisa Degenhardt PhD, MPsych(Clin)

NBOMes are hallucinogenic substances that have recently become available as drugs of misuse

Geoffrey K Isbister BSc, FACEM, MD · Alphonse Poklis PhD · Justin L Poklis BSc · Jeffrey Grice PhD

Has alcohol consumption in Australia increased in recent years?

Farhat Yusuf BSc(Hons), MA, PhD · Stephen R Leeder MD, PhD, FRACP

The problem of amphetamine-type stimulant use in Indigenous communities must be faced now

Alan R Clough PhD, MSc · Michelle Fitts PGradDipCrim · Jan Robertson DPH, RN

Use of a medical intervention to deal with a perceived social problem should concern clinicians

Fiona Lander MB BS(Hons), LLB(Hons), MPH · Dennis Gray MA, MPH, PhD · Edward Wilkes AO, BA

Clinical care may be handicapped by older testing technology

Simon M Holliday BMed, FAChAM, FRACGP · Huy A Tran FRACP, FRCPA, MD

Party drugs are not always what they claim to be

David S McCutcheon MB BS, FACEM · Francois J Oosthuizen BSc(Hons), MSc,PhD · Kerry A Hoggett MB BS, GCertClinTox, FACEM · Daniel M Fatovich MB BS, FACEM, PhD

Governments must strengthen regulations to break the nexus between alcohol advertising and sport

Brian Vandenberg MPH, BA(Hons), BAppSci · Kathryn E Chapman BSc, MNutrDiet

Attempts to discredit public health advocates are increasing

Mike Daube AO, BA(Hons), DSci(Hons)

Conservative management avoids the morbidity and costs associated with plasma exchange

Courtney Tate MB BS, PhD, BSc(Hons) · Peter Mollee MMedSc, FRACP, FRCPA

Good news for health care workers who are obliged to enjoy their Christmas lunch at the hospital

Daniel G Brieger · Amaleena B Amir · Gratian J Punch BMedSci(Hons), MB BS(Hons) · Christopher S H Lim MB BS, MS, MRCS · James Toh BSc, MB BS, FRACS

“Schoolies” celebrations mark a good time to consider the health behaviour of young people

Tania Janusic

Early findings from the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey

The case for an increase is overstated

Jason M Lindo · Peter Siminski

In reply: The supporting evidence is strong

John W Toumbourou · Kypros Kypri · Sandra C Jones

Some labelling advice barely complies with the recommended limit for preventing acute harm

Genevieve A Cowie · Bruce Bolam

Alcohol is implicated in more emergency department presentations than we realise

Diana Egerton-Warburton MB BS, FACEM · Andrew Gosbell PhD · Angela Wadsworth BA(Hons) · Daniel M Fatovich MB BS, FACEM, PhD · Drew B Richardson MB BS(Hons), FACEM, MD

A case that highlights the limitations of commonly available drug screens

Kate Sellors BMed, FACEM, GCertClinTox · Alison Jones MD, FRACP, FAACT · Betty Chan MB BS(Hons), PhD, FACEM

Declines in HCV incidence suggest increased treatment uptake and a reduction in the population of injecting drug users

Bethany White PhD, MPH · Gregory J Dore MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Andrew R Lloyd MB BS, MD, FRACP · William D Rawlinson MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Lisa Maher PhD

Bad policy has been good politics for too long

Alex D Wodak FRACP, FAChAM, FAFPHM

Front-line staff need tools for dealing with the vast array of synthetic cannabinoids

Michelle M Williams BSc, MBA, MDR · Paul J Taylor BSc · Colin B Page MB ChB, FACEM, MMedSci(ClinEpid) · Jennifer H Martin MA, FRACP, PhD

Seeking reassurance for consumers and health professionals

Debra S Kennedy

The evidence is in and the support is growing

John W Toumbourou PhD · Kypros Kypri PhD · Sandra C Jones MBA, MPH, PhD Professor and · Ian B Hickie MB BS, MD, FRANZCP