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Recommendations For National Drug Strategy 2027–2036: A Prevention & Recovery Framework (Building Safer, Healthier and more Resilient Communities)
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Recommendations For National Drug Strategy 2027–2036: A Prevention & Recovery Framework (Building Safer, Healthier and more Resilient Communities)Australia stands at a crossroads. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s World DrugReport 2025 confirms what...
Mental Health Struggles Push Young People in Foster Care Toward Higher Substance Misuse
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New research has confirmed what many carers and clinicians have long suspected. Youth in foster care who live with a mental health diagnosis are far more likely to misuse alcohol, cannabis or nicotine than their...
How Adverse Childhood Experiences Push Young People Toward Substance Use and Suicide Risk
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Childhoods marked by neglect, abuse or upheaval leave marks that can last well beyond the years they happened. A large new review of research confirms just how far those marks can reach. It links adverse...
Fathers’ Childhood Trauma Linked to Behaviour Problems in Young Children, Study Finds
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New research suggests that childhood trauma carried by fathers long before their own children were even born may still be shaping how those children behave today. A study tracking hundreds of American families has found...
Why School Based Drug Education Belongs in the Science of Resilience
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Why School Based Drug Education Belongs in the Science of Resilience New findings from brain science and education research are changing how communities view school based drug education. Researchers no longer treat it as one...
PREVENTING YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE: What The Latest Research Demands Of Policy, Schools, And Communities
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INTRODUCTION: A Crisis Hiding In Plain Sight Two numbers define the scale of the problem. In the United States alone, more than 100,000 people die from opioid-related overdoses every year. Among 15-year-olds in England, 44...
Building Resilient and Inclusive Responses to Substance Use and Addiction WORLD FORUM 2026 WFAD CAPACITY TRAINING SERIES
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The WFAD Capacity Building Webinar Series on Building Resilient and Inclusive Responses to Substance Use and Addiction was organised as part of this year’s World Forum series. Developed based on input from WFAD’s global network,...
Child Care Crisis & Chaos – The ‘Substance’ in the System! Why Prevention Must be the Priority
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Queensland’s child safety system is not just failing children; it is warehousing them, exposing them to abuse, and then acting shocked when the damage shows up as violence, exploitation, and chaos. But if this crisis...
Protecting Your Mind and Body: The Powerful Benefits of Substance Abstinence
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Building a Healthier Future Through Conscious Choices Making choices that support personal health and long-term well-being is one of the most empowering journeys a young person can embark upon today. In a world full of...
Why Schools Hold the Key to Preventing Adolescent Substance Use
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(The Dalgarno Institute has decades long history in not only advocating, but practicing in this space. The school social context is an intense micro-verse that until recent decades, was a place where proactive, resilience and...
Bubblegum Flavour, Lead Vapour: The Science of What Vaping Actually Does to Your Body
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It looks like a travel shampoo bottle, smells like bubblegum, and fits in a school bag pocket. On top of that, it costs less than a coffee. And according to a growing and convergent body...
Early Intervention and Diversion for Low Level Drug Use Done Properly, Not Just Done
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A Dalgarno Institute Position on Early Intervention, Diversion, and the Culture We Want to Build Queensland is in the middle of a significant drug policy decision, and the public deserves a serious conversation rather than...
