The 2019 National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) Annual Research Symposium was held on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at the John Niland Scientia Conference and Events Centre, UNSW Sydney.

NDARC have put together a selection of videos and slides of the work that was presented at the event.

Plenary One: Family and Communities

Plenary Two: Emerging Drugs and Associated Risks

Breakout One: Drug Trends and Emerging Drugs of Concern

Breakout Two: Family, Communities and Vulnerable Populations

Breakout Three: Opioid Use and Related Harms

Breakout Four: Alcohol and Tobacco

Plenary Three...

The consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs is a major cause of preventable disease and illness in Australia.

This report consolidates the most recently available information on alcohol, tobacco and other drug use in Australia, and includes key trends in the availability, consumption, harms and treatment for vulnerable populations.

Further, information on a range of health, social and economic impacts of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use are highlighted.

The web report includes:

• interactive data
• information on harm
• information on impact
• drug types
• priority populations
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Abstract

Objectives: To characterise trends in self-poisoning and psychotropic medicine use in young Australians.

Design: Population-based retrospective cohort study.

Setting Calls taken by the New South Wales and Victorian Poisons Information Centres (2006–2016, accounting for 70% of Australian poisoning calls); medicine dispensings in the 10% sample of Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data (July 2012 to June 2016).

Participants: People aged 5–19 years.

Main outcome measures: Yearly trends in intentional poisoning exposure calls, substances taken in intentional poisonings, a...