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Senior Project Officer, Turning Point | Eastern Health | Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University | 📊 Research admin, AOD, substance use, addiction | Spare-time poet: https://www.instagram.com/ianwilliaml
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Fantastic new article by our PhD student Emma Vieira examining how alcohol-related harms among adolescents have shifted in countries that have seen a decline in adolescent drinking onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thrilled to have our systematic review of the differences in the way women and men have been studied in alcohol research over the past decade up online at IJDP - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

Congratulations @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social! This very cool paper analysed Reddit posts to better understand the perception of the role of alcohol in drink spiking. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our next seminar for 2025 will be at 4pm on March 21st with Alejandra Zuluaga from ARCSHS. Alejandra will be presenting her work on human rights in Colombian drug policy. See details below and join us in-person at LTU city campus if you can! vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com

Next version of cigarette pack warning style and Quitline inserts in Australia now.

Drinkaware the largely industry funded 'education' charity seems to imply it has its own 'Drinking Check'. This is actually the AUDIT (as it does acknowledge if you go through it) which is certainly not their creation. And of course many do not think they should be in brief intervention space

New Addiction Audio: Noa Krawczyk talks to Elle Wadsworth about her research on self-reported experiences and perspectives on using psychedelics to manage opioid use among participants of two Reddit communities buff.ly/41LVDPr

Time to get your poster game up to spec for 2025. Tips from poster prize winners and ECRs on academic conferences. And always good to remember Lisbon...

Such an interesting paper by @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social and co!

Call for Papers - submission deadline extended to 1 April 2025 More information here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... #AI #substanceuse #addiction

Alcohol is the most commonly used drug in "drink spiking" but we rarely associate the two. So we analysed Reddit posts to explore alcohol's role in drink spiking & sexual violence. Written with a team of non-Bluesky users & out in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“Tobacco companies denied health risks, cast doubt on science, and lobbied against regulations,” says co-author Professor Anna B. Gilmore. “The gambling industry is now doing the same to avoid accountability.” usrtk.org/healthwire/g...

Next month I'll be presenting at UNSW's Spotlight on Stigma series on whether 'stigma' - or social 'disapproval' - can be a force for good in reducing addiction problems www.eventbrite.com.au/e/spotlight-...

Join our webinar: Drug Consumption Rooms: Service Models and Evidence. Learn about the latest innovations on DCRs and their impact around the world! @harmreductionintl.bsky.social Register here: tinyurl.com/tne576er

New episode of The Lancet Voice podcast where I talk about the rapid expansion of the global gambling industry and its profound public health implications, drawing on our Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/t... @thelancetph.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

How do apps backed by the alcohol industry mislead users & risk increasing the amount users drink? In our latest blog, Elliott Roy-Highley & @markpetticrew.bsky.social look at the content of industry apps. "It exemplifies the subtle ways that industry actors use... www.ias.org.uk/2025/02/25/d...

‼️ New ‼️ Evaluating the risk for nurses of fentanyl exposure and the harms of perpetuating exposure misinformation. From Serena Eagland, @pattywilson.bsky.social and me! www.canadian-nurse.com/blogs/cn-con...

Great to see @rowanogeil.bsky.social quoted in FARE's new media release, alongside Turning Point's globally unique National Ambulance Surveillance System (NASS) coded data. fare.org.au/ambulance-ca...

In case you missed it, here's the national HIV strategy released by @healthgovau.bsky.social with people who inject drugs as a priority population: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

Here we go, probably the final paper from our ‘Stability & Change in British Drinking Occasions’ @ukri.org grant. We had fun delving deeply into how the nation’s drinking changed over the past two decades, and social patterns in these changes. Do check out my website for the other papers too.

A reminder that today at 4pm, @meganpcook.bsky.social will be presenting a paper on differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research. This will be a hybrid presentation, so please join us at La Trobe's city campus if you can! vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com

📢Already tomorrow! @meganpcook.bsky.social from #CAPRAustralia will be presenting a paper on differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research! 📅21st February 2025 at 🕓4pm via Zoom and in-person at 📍La Trobe city campus (Room 2.11, Level 2/360 Collins St, Melbourne VIC)

📢🌍Attention #DrugPolicy scholars.🌍📢The Call for Nomination for the ISSDP Excellence in Drug Policy Research Award for 2025 is now open for research published in the last three years. Nominations due 31 March 2025. For details: www.issdp.org/call-for-nom...

We explore the patient perspective on opioid prescriptions for pain management in this qual study. doi.org/10.3390/phar...

So inspiring to see the improving alcohol situation in Lithuania with its complete ban on alcohol advertising and other measures on pricing and availability. Life expectancy rising, hospital admissions due to alcohol use declining. tvpworld.com/85178311/tho...

New paper: 'Problem Recognition as A Discrete Concept for Change Processes in Problematic Alcohol Use' We review problem recognition - the extent to which people recognise risk/harm associated with their alcohol use - and its potential for advancing research & intervention doi.org/10.1007/s404...

Prioritising people who use drugs in health policy: An Australian Capital Territory case study Devin Bowles, Elisabeth Yar, Anke van der Sterren onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

SARG's Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social was quoted in a Times article last week about young people drinking less alcohol than their parents. Laura was heavily involved in our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded 'Youth Drinking in Decline' project which looked at these trends in depth 👇

New paper! We examine the complexities of how ‘long-acting’ treatments are made to work over time, and argue for an adaptive and emergent conceptualisation of what ‘treatment retention’ can mean, reflective of how people connect with treatment and make it work, in practice. doi.org/10.1111/dar....

Great launch of Kate Seear's report about #humanrights & #drugpolicy. Insightful panel discussions with Ele Morrison @aivl.bsky.social, Nick Kent @HRV & Alejandra Zuluaga about the importance of including the voices of #PWUD in #drugpolicyreform decision-making. opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/rep...

Timeline of opinion pieces in Globe & National Post advancing a central premise that forced abstinence is necessary or positive. Note BC election, Oct/24. No body of evidence supports forced abstinence in reducing drug harms. It is, however, demonstrably eugenic. 1/ breachmedia.ca/media-politi...

Another study providing evidence that supervised drinking is not a good strategy for parents of teenagers doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...

Pleased to share our new study in The Lancet Regional Health–Americas examining supervised consumption services (SCS) in #Toronto and their impact on community safety. Contrary to concerns, we found NO increase in #homicides near SCS. Read it here open access: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

My latest article published in The Sociological Review @sociologicalreview.bsky.social explores the relationship between gender, harm and fun in young women and gender diverse people’s experiences of alcohol and other drugs. A brief overview of the article is available: tinyurl.com/4bk22buk

Come do a #PhD with us! Funded PhD scholarship on quality, safety and implementation in #integratedcare for #mentalillness and #addiction With the fabulous Prof Kath Mills @matildacentreusyd.bsky.social and supported by the Victorian Department of Health www.turningpoint.org.au/research/ava...

New paper in Contemporary Drug Problems journal with Helen Keane and Harriet Sherlock on Australian newspaper coverage of dependence on pharmaceuticals.

New from #JillianBroadbear, @rowanogeil.bsky.social and team: Ambulance attendances involving personality disorder – investigation of crisis-driven re-attendances for mental health, alcohol and other drug, and suicide-related events #academicsky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thank you to @figlover.bsky.social & Jane Garvey for having me on your @listentotimesradio.bsky.social show today to discuss Gen Z attitudes to alcohol & other drugs. Also I got a chance to explain the value of #drugchecking & the work of @theloopuk.bsky.social. More info at: www.wearetheloop.org

You can now watch a recording of last week's webinar 'What's the point of a pint without alcohol in it?'. In it Lucy Burke shares her PhD research on drinking motives, nolo drinks and health inequalities, and @victimofmaths.bsky.social does a Q&A on alcohol harms, nolo trends, pricing and more #nolo

“When people worry about women drinking I say, ‘Shouldn’t you be worried about men who take these actions?‘” – Ash, Australia @adrianfarrugia.bsky.social Kiran Pienaar and Fay Dennis @sociology-gold.bsky.social on male violence and a woman's right to experience pleasure. buff.ly/4hE0Qye

Our new report for the Gambling Commission (published last week) showed that slot machines are significantly associated with harms, yet changing regulatory protection on products has focused on online formats. Slot machines deserve further regulatory scrutiny.

Honored to spend yesterday discussing the evidence on drug consumption rooms with Scottish Affairs committee with brilliant Scottish experts @arjmcauley.bsky.social @catrionamath.bsky.social @vkatikireddi.bsky.social including our @drugscience.bsky.social review parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Useful comments from @fieldmatt.bsky.social at the end of this Science Media Centre expert reaction on a recent study suggesting potential benefits of semaglutide for treating AUDs www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...

I try to keep to purely work posts, but I graduated from my Bachelor of Arts with Distinction from Deakin last Wednesday. As someone who wasn't ready after school, this was such a transformative experience; broadening my mind, & drawing my poetry out. Past me would be awed to be out in the light.

My students are running a study, asking women what they would find useful in alcohol resources when they're trying to conceive, pregnant, and mums of younger children. There are no restrictions based on how much or how little you drink! Please consider taking part. Thanks!

I think this is a good language guide from @anti-stigmanetwork.bsky.social This bit on using lived experience carefully I think is particularly overlooked issue. I do think the common use of more stereotypical lived experiences needs more debate/consideration..

Newcomers have slowed down a bit lately. Is the internet just too exhausting right now? Let me know if I'm missing anyone! go.bsky.app/46UeoTe

How are non-alcoholic beers, wines and spirits made — and how healthy are they? www.abc.net.au/news/science...