Alcohol, tobacco, illicit and prescribed drugs: observational studies and trials of treatment [ 2019 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Richard Mattick (Principal investigator)

Brief description This PRF will study licit and illicit substances which cause personal and social harms. The impacts of childhood and teenage use of substances on health in late-adolescence and early adulthood harms will be studied. New approaches to treat substance use problems will be researched. It will advance knowledge about the new licit and illicit opioid use epidemic globally and provision of prescribed opioids. It study new drug trends, especially the ~750 new psychoactive substances (NSPs).

Funding Amount $785,385.00

Funding Scheme Research Fellowships

Notes Research Fellowship