-
June 8, 2019
Dr. Shaun Green is a clinical toxicologist and emergency medicine physician who works at Austin Health in Melbourne. He is currently the medical directo...
READ MOREJune 8, 2019Associate Professor Rebecca McKetin is a Curtin Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the National Drug Research Institute. Rebecca’s research...
READ MOREDr Sanil RegeJanuary 13, 2019Time 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...
READ MOREProf David Castle, Dr Sanil RegeSeptember 25, 2018Time to read: 13–15 minutes
Cannabis (‘marijuana’, ‘hashish’) has been used for centuries for its medicinal and psychoactive properties and remains commonly used, worldwide...
READ MOREProf David Castle, Dr Marlene Tham, Dr Sanil RegeSeptember 25, 2018Time 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 ̵...
READ MOREProf David CastleAugust 13, 2018Time 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...
READ MOREDr. Malika WeerasingheFebruary 19, 2018Time 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...
READ MORESeptember 25, 2017Time to read: 5 minutes
Wernicke’s Encephalopathy (WE) – Wernicke’s encephalopathy is an acute potentially reversible neuropsychiatric disorder ca...
READ MORE