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:

• An overview of DPMP and information about us
• Links to national and state policy documents
• Statistical data on rates of drug use
• Analysis of policy options under the section what works
• Tools and methods for both researchers and policy makers

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Watch this space - New DPMP website to be launched soon!

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What's New?

2013 Symposium - Thursday, 20th June in Canberra

The Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) Symposium will be 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).

I2S Conference scheduled for September at The ANU

The First Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation is being held at The ANU in Canberra on September 8th-11th. The conference will be chaired by Professor Gabriele Bammer.

The conference will focus on:

• Linking networks: Bringing together researchers and educators who use systems-based, action-oriented, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, or transdisciplinary approaches.
• Taking stock: Learning from case studies which tackle complex real-world problems such as climate change, organised crime, aged care. Compiling effective concepts and methods for synthesising knowledge, managing risk and other unknowns, and supporting policy and practice change.
• Planning for the future: Identifying common ground, establishing synergies, joining forces.

For more information see the conference website: http://www.i2sconference.org/

Webinar: Understanding the Relationships between Policy and Research

Alison Ritter discusses the interaction among multiple players - including politicians, the media and drug abuse researchers - who define drug problems and identify and evaluate potential solutions. To view the webinar follow this link - http://www.screencast.com/t/BGte7qzfqWy3

Twitter

DPMP is now on Twitter! To follow us go to the following link- http://twitter.com/DrugPolicy_DPMP

Recently Published

'Real or perceived impediments to minimum pricing of alcohol in Australia: Public opinion, the industry and the law', an article by Jenny Chalmers, Natacha Carragher, Sondra Davoren and Paula O'Brien has been published in the International Journal of Drug Policy. Click here to be taken to the publisher's website to access the article.

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'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.

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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.

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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.

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'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.

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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.

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'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.

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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.