YouTube videos showing cannabis vaping as fun and joyful are widely available and easily accessible to young people, a study led by University of Queensland researchers has found.
An online system to monitor symptoms and cravings will help combat heavy drinking and alcohol use disorders, which affect about a third of Australian men and a quarter of women at some point in their life.
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.
Today, the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) released a report, Estimating the number of regular and dependent methamphetamine users in Australia, 2002-2014, which showed a substantial increase in methamphetamine regular and dependent users.
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.
