David Nutt is currently the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Bra...

David Nutt is currently the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Bra...

Associate Professor Luke Downey is an NHMRC R.D. Wright Biomedical Career Development Fellow. He leads the Drugs and Driving Research Unit at Swinburne,...

Dr. Raimondo Bruno is an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Tasmania. His main research interests include the cognitive ...

Dr. Shaun Green is a clinical toxicologist and emergency medicine physician who works at Austin Health in Melbourne. He is currently the medical directo...

Associate Professor Rebecca McKetin is a Curtin Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the National Drug Research Institute. Rebecca’s research...

 Dr Sanil Rege

January 13, 2019

Time to read: 7 minutes

Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the use of the synthetic stimulant, methamphetamine, particularly in its crystalline form. Advances...

 Prof David Castle, Dr Sanil Rege

September 25, 2018

Time to read: 12–15 minutes

Cannabis (‘marijuana’, ‘hashish’) has been used for centuries for its medicinal and psychoactive properties and remains commonly used, worldwide...

 Prof David Castle, Dr Marlene Tham, Dr Sanil Rege

September 25, 2018

Time to read: 10 minutes

Obesity and weight gain is a major health problem in Australia, with an increasingly large proportion of the general population – around a third ̵...

 Prof David Castle

August 13, 2018

Time to read: 7 minutes

Amphetamines come in many forms and have been used for decades recreationally and therapeutically. Methamphetamines are also available in a number of di...