NIDIP Publications
Publications arising from the National Illicit Drug Indicators Project include the following (ordered by year):
Papers
Degenhardt, L., Barker, B. & Topp, L. (2004). Patterns of ecstasy use in Australia: findings from a national household survey. Addiction 99, 187-195.
Topp, L., Barker, B. & Degenhardt, L. (2004). The external validity of results derived from ecstasy users recruited using purposive sampling strategies. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 73, 33-40.
Degenhardt, L., Knox, S., Barker, B., Britt, H., & Shakeshaft, A. (2005) The management of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use problems by general practitioners in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review 24, 499-506.
Degenhardt, L, Roxburgh, A, & Barker, B. (2005) Underlying causes of cocaine, amphetamine and opioid-related deaths in Australia. Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine 12, 187-195.
Jauncey, M., Taylor, L., & Degenhardt, L. (2005). Classification of opioid-induced deaths in Australia: Implications for surveillance. Drug and Alcohol Review 24, 401-409.
Degenhardt, L, Black, E., Breen, C., Bruno, R., Kinner, S., Roxburgh, A., Fry, C., Jenkinson, R., Ward, J., Fetherston, J., Weekley, J., & Fischer, J. (2006). Trends in morphine prescriptions, illicit morphine use and associated harms among regular injecting drug users in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review 25, 403-412.
Degenhardt, L, Roxburgh, A. and McKetin, R. (2007). Hospital separations for drug-related psychotic episodes in Australia, 1993-2004. Medical Journal of Australia 186, 342-345.
Degenhardt, L., Hall, W. D., Roxburgh, A., & Mattick, R. P. (2007). UK classification of cannabis: is a change needed and why? Lancet, 370(9598), 1541-1541.
Roxburgh, A. and Degenhardt, L. (2008) Characteristics of drug-related hospital separations in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 92, 149-155.
Degenhardt, L. Roxburgh, A., van Beek, I., Hall, W., Mant, A., Robinson, M., and Ross, J. (2008) The effects of the market withdrawal of temazepam gel capsules on benzodiazepine injecting in Sydney, Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, 145-151.
Degenhardt, L., Roxburgh, A., Black, E., Bruno, R., Campbell, G., Kinner, S. and Fetherston, J. (2008) The epidemiology of methamphetamine use and harm in Australia (2008), Drug and Alcohol Review, 27 (3), 243-252.
Roxburgh, A. and Degenhardt, L. (2008). Characteristics of drug-related hospital separations in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 92, 149-155.
Reports
Barker, B. & Degenhardt, L. (2003). Accidental and suicidal drug-induced deaths in Australia 1997-2001. Technical Report No. 164. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (full text pdf version)
Barker, B. & Degenhardt, L. (2003). Accidental drug-induced deaths in Australia 1997-2001. Sydney: Technical Report No. 163. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (full text pdf version)
Barker, B., Conroy, E., Degenhardt, L., Kimber, J. and Dolan, K. (2005). Global indicators for monitoring the illicit drug environment in NSW: Catalogue of datasets and data sources. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (Volume 1 - full text pdf version) (Volume 2 - full text pdf version)
Degenhardt, L., & Dietze, P. (2005). Data sources on illicit drug use and harm in Australia. Melbourne: Turning Point Inc.
Roxburgh, A. & Degenhardt, L. (2006). Hospital stays related to illicit drugs in Australia, 1993-2004. NDARC Technical Report Number 261. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (full text pdf version)
Riddell, S., Shanahan, M., Roxburgh, A. and Degenhardt, L. (2007). The cost of drug-related hospital stays in Australia, 1999-2005. NDARC Technical Report Number 285. Sydney, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre University of New South Wales. (full text pdf version)
Bulletins
Illicit drug use trends
Roxburgh, A. (2003). Family Drug Support: Analysis of calls made to the Family Drug Support telephone service April 2000 to November 2002.
Barker, B., Degenhardt, L. and Breen, C. (2003). Indicators of drug use and treatment in Australia: Preliminary findings from the National Illicit Drug Indicators Project.Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Illicit drug mortality trends
Barker, B. and Degenhardt, L. (2003). Cross-national comparisons of drug-induced deaths. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Degenhardt, L. and Barker, B. (2003). Cocaine and methamphetamine mentions in drug-induced deaths in Australia, 1997-2002. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Degenhardt, L. and Barker, B. (2003). 2002 Australian Bureau of Statistics data on accidental opioid induced deaths. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Degenhardt, L., Roxburgh, A. and Black, E. (2004). Cocaine and amphetamine mentions in accidental drug-induced deaths in Australia, 1997-2003. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Degenhardt, L., Roxburgh, A. and Black, E. (2004). 2003 Australian Bureau of Statistics data on accidental opioid induced deaths. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Degenhardt, L., Roxburgh, A. Black, E. & Dunn, M. (2006). Accidental drug-induced deaths due opioids in Australia, 2004. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Degenhardt, L., Roxburgh, A. Black, E. & Dunn, M. (2006). 2004 Cocaine and amphetamine related drug-induced deaths in Australia. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Degenhardt, L. & Roxburgh, A. (2007). 2005 Cocaine and methamphetamine related drug-induced deaths in Australia. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Degenhardt, L. & Roxburgh, A. (2007). Accidental drug-induced deaths due to opioids in Australia, 2005. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Roxburgh, A. & Burns, L. (2009). Drug-induced deaths in Australia, 2006 Edition. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Illicit drug morbidity trends
Roxburgh, A. & Degenhardt, L. (2006). Drug-related hospital stays in Australia, 1993-2005. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Roxburgh, A., Burns, L. & Degenhardt, L. (2008). Drug-related hospital stays in Australia, 1993-2006. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)
Roxburgh, A. & Burns, L. (2009). Drug-related hospital stays in Australia, 1993-2007. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. (report available)