Professor Wayne Hall, from the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (CYSAR), discusses the renewed enthusiasm for cannabis use in older Australians, with Dr Norman Swan on ABC's Health Report.
Nicotine e-cigarettes and refills will be banned in Australia from July 1 under pain of a $220,000 fine. In the United Kingdom, they're advertised and sold in hospital foyers. What's going on?
University of Queensland research aimed at reducing substance abuse among young people has been boosted with $3.5 million in Federal Government funding.
People trying to quit smoking are more likely to use electronic cigarettes and smokers who have quit were more likely to be daily users, a University of Queensland study has found.
Researchers from UQ’s Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences have been awarded $543,198 in recent funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Medical Research Future Fund.
Researchers are working to understand attitudes towards chronic pain in a project designed to help improve the way we approach pain management treatments.
Claims that medical cannabis use has reduced opioid overdose deaths in the United States have been challenged by a University of Queensland drug abuse expert.
Four states in the United States of America have legalised the recreational use of cannabis, and an ongoing concern has been the potential public health effects due to potential widespread use of the substance.
Cannabis, or marijunana, is the most commonly used illicit drug. It has the least severe legal penalties if caught for possession, however these penalties vary from state to state.
In Australia, 74% of 14 year olds, and 90.9% of 17 year olds report having ever consumed alcohol. Despite the legal age to buy and consume alcohol remaining at 18, young people are obviously finding ways to access alcohol - and parents are one of the main sources.
CYSAR Director, Professor Wayne Hall was a participant in a panel discussion on the values and ethics of replacing our bodies with 'better' bionic body parts.
