Articles with category: Article

In this edition, Viewpoints looks at whether tax increases are an effective public heath tool to reduce tobacco consumption and finds the answer is yes and no – it depends on your perspective.

Veronal: who remembers veronal?

Redmer Yska delves into the dramatic side effects of a once-popular barbiturate.

Breaking the ice- how we will get through Australia's methamphetamine crisis

Worried that parents were getting misinformation about out-of-control methamphetamine use in Australia, Matt Noffs wrote a book to reassure people not to panic.

Portugal: putting health and welfare at the centre of drug policy

With solid evidence showing punitive approaches to drugs do not work, the question that arises is what to do instead? In this first instalment of a Matters of Substance series on innovative drug policies in different countries, we look at P

e-Support for sobriety

A growing number of people are turning to the internet for help with their sobriety. Matt Calman talks to the trailblazers of three thriving online communities.

Appealing for community

Rob Zorn returns to Cannons Creek school after their successful opposition to a nearby off-licence.

Poor foundations – testing homes for meth gone awry

Russell Brown looks at a poorly informed phenomenon of near hysteria that is putting vulnerable people out onto the street.

Mythbusters: gangs target middle class kids

Minister Judith Collins recently claimed the Head Hunters are working with Black Power and the Mongrel Mob to sell methamphetamine to private high school students. But what evidence is there for this unlikely alliance?

Drug history: James K Baxter: poetry and political influence

You may know Hemi Baxter as one of our finest poets, but did you also know that he helped shape our current drug law?

Q&A: Dr Richard Di Natale

Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale worked as doctor before being elected a senator in 2011. He's a strong voice for treating drug abuse as a health issue.

Guest editorial: Substance Addiction Bill briefing

Vanessa Caldwell, head of the addiction workforce development group Matua Raki, explains what is in the new compulsory treatment bill currently before the House.