UQ researchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, suggesting less restrictive regulation on vaping could improve public health outcomes.
12 February 2025
Australians spent more than A$400 million on medicinal cannabis in the first half of 2024 alone.
13 January 2025The University of Queensland received the equal highest number of Highly Cited Researcher (HCR) awards in Australia.
22 November 2024
All eyes will be on Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday when he hands down the Government’s first major budget since Labor’s election win last year. UQ has experts from a wide range of fields available to analyse the budget and what the...
5 May 2023
Selling nicotine vaping products in licenced shops with a strict age verification process will restrict youth access and help adult smokers quit, a University of Queensland drug expert has recommended.
19 April 2023
A number of young Australians say they would use cannabis for the first time if it were legal, a UQ study has found.
30 July 2020
Daily users account for more than 80 per cent of all cannabis consumed in Australia, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
16 January 2020
The University of Queensland’s Research Computing Centre director has received a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to Australia’s information and communications technology industry.
20 November 2019
The consumption of caffeine, citrus, vitamin B and dietary fibre is higher in communities with higher socioeconomic status, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
14 October 2019
Cannabis-based medicines should only be used under medical supervision until clinical studies have assessed their safety and efficacy, a University of Queensland drug expert has cautioned.
3 September 2018
Thresholds for safer alcohol use might need lowering, University of Queensland drug and alcohol experts have cautioned.
13 April 2018
Claims that medical cannabis use has reduced opioid overdose deaths in the United States have been challenged by a University of Queensland drug abuse expert.
23 February 2018
The future of international drug control treaties is in question because of recent treaty-violating decisions to legalise non-medical cannabis use in Canada, the United States and Uruguay.
14 September 2017
A high use of methylamphetamine and prescription medications is a problem for regional Australia, according to an Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) report designed to combat illicit drugs.
28 March 2017
An increase in alcohol taxation, a reduction in the hours of alcohol sales, and changes to how alcohol is promoted are all needed to reduce alcohol-related harm, a public health policy expert has argued.
20 February 2017
Significant decreases in cannabis use by young Australians have been tempered by a warning about challenges to physical and psychological health.
10 May 2016
Nearly three quarters of Australian 14-year-olds have tried alcohol, but how much of that is being provided by their parents?
9 May 2016
A University of Queensland researcher is a major contributor to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report on the adverse health effects of nonmedical cannabis use.
17 March 2016
Methamphetamine residue found in the wastewater of a Queensland city has multiplied five times since 2009.
7 March 2016
The total number of regular methamphetamine users in Australia is 270,000 - greater than the populations of either Hobart or Townsville.
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