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: 13–15 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: 11–13 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: 8 minutes

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

 Dr. Malika Weerasinghe

February 19, 2018

Time to read: 7 minutes

A 17-year-old student was brought to the clinic by his parents with a one-week history of changed behaviour and unusual beliefs. He started believing th...

September 25, 2017

Time to read: 5 minutes

Wernicke’s Encephalopathy (WE) – Wernicke’s encephalopathy is an acute potentially reversible neuropsychiatric disorder ca...

 Dr Sanil Rege, Dr James Graham

September 25, 2017

Time to read: 10 minutes

Alcohol dependence, or alcoholism, is a chronic and severe condition that the WHO estimates to affect 140 million individuals globally. The WHO classifi...

Professor Mic...