Drug Policy Modelling Program
The DPMP website is designed for both policy makers and researchers. It serves to provide information on illicit drug policies and tools for policy makers but also on the current and completed work of the DPMP research team. The DPMP website contains comprehensive information about illicit drug policies including:
What's New?2013 Symposium - Thursday, 20th June in CanberraThis year the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) Symposium is being held on Thursday, 20th June, 10am to 4pm in Canberra at the National Portrait Gallery. Please click
here for a copy of the program.
We hope you will be able to join us and hear about new research in alcohol and other drug policy and participate in discussions about policy issues.
To register for this free event please contact Colleen Faes (
colleen.faes@unsw.edu.au).
Timeline updated
The Australian (illicit) drug policy timeline: 1985-2013 has been updated for the period 1 July to 28 February 2013. Click
here for more information and to access the timeline.
New Monograph Published DPMP has released Monograph #23, 'Prevalence of and interventions for mental health and alcohol and other drug problems amongst the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community: A review of the literature', by
Alison Ritter, Francis Matthew-Simmons and Natacha Carragher. A copy of the monograph can be found
here.
Twitter DPMP is now on Twitter! To follow us go to the following link-
http://twitter.com/DrugPolicy_DPMP
Recently Published 'Buzzed, broke, but not busted: How young Australians perceive the consequences of using illicit drugs', an article by
Kari Lancaster and
Caitlin Hughes was recently published in
Youth Studies Australia. A link to the article on the publisher's website can be found
here.
The Drug and Alcohol Review has published an editorial by
Michael Livingston: 'To reduce alcohol-related harm we need to look beyond pubs and nightclubs'. Click
here to access the article.
Jenny Chalmers and Deborah Bradford's article, 'Methamphetamine users' perceptions of exchanging drugs for money: Does trust matter?' was recently published in the
Journal of Drug Issues. Click
here to access the article.
'More than problem-solving: Critical reflections on the 'problematisation' of alcohol-related violence in Kings Cross, ' a commentary by
Kari Lancaster,
Caitlin Hughes,
Jenny Chalmers and
Alison Ritter was recently published in the
Drug and Alcohol Review. Click
here to see the early online edition.
Caitlin Hughes,
Alison Ritter and Nicholas Mabbitt have a new article out,' Drug policy coordination: Identifying and assessing dimensions of coordination' in the
International Journal of Drug Policy. A link to the article on the publisher's website can be found
here.
'Public opinion and drug policy in Australia: Engaging the 'affected community'', and article by
Kari Lancaster,
Alison Ritter and Jenny Stafford was recently released in the
Drug and Alcohol Review. For access to the early online edition of the article on the publisher's website click
here. For more information on the research project click
here.
A new article from the
MIX project has been published, 'A cross-sectional study of emergency department visits by people who inject drugs' by Campbell Aitken, Thomas Kerr, Matthew Hickman, Mark Stoove, Peter Higgs, and
Paul Dietze. Click
here to access the article on the publisher's website.
A new publication from our Queensland collaborators entitled, 'Policing methamphetamine problems: A framework for synthesising expert opinion and evaluating alternative policy options' has been published in the
Journal of Public Policy. To read more about the project click
here.