Wayne Hall

Professorial Fellow and Director

Wayne has been Professorial Research Fellow and Director, Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland since September 2001. He also has Professorial appointments in the Schools of Psychology, Political Science and International Relations, and Population Health. He was formerly Professor and Executive Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales (1994-2001). He has also held appointments in the Medical Schools of Universities of Western Australia (1983-1986) and New South Wales (1986-1988) where he introduced the teaching of bioethics into the undergraduate medical curriculum. He has been an Adviser to the World Health Organization on: the health implications of cannabis use (1993-1996); drug substitution treatment (1995-6); the contribution of illicit drug use to the Global Burden of Disease (2000-2002); the ethics of risk management (2001), vaccines against drug addiction (2001) and neuroscience research on the addictions (2002). He is a Member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Dependence and Alcohol Problems and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Social Sciences.

Research Interests

Wayne is currently developing research in the policy and ethical implications of embryonic stem cell research and the genetics of addictive behaviour, mental disorders, and cancer.

Contact Details

Phone: 3346 2150
Email: w.hall@imb.uq.edu.au

Selected Recent Publications (1997 - 2003)

Hando, J. and Hall, W. (1997) Patterns of amphetamine misuse in Australia. In H. Klee (ed) Amphetamine Misuse: International Perspectives on Current Trends. Harwood Academic Publishers, Reading.

Hall, W. (1997) Evidence-based treatment of drug misuse: bridging the gap between aspiration and achievement. Addiction, 92, 373-374.

Hall, W. and Zador, D. (1997) The alcohol withdrawal syndrome. The Lancet, 349, 1857-1860.

Hall, W. and Farrell, M. (1997) Comorbidity between substance use disorders and other mental disorders. British Journal of Psychiatry, 171, 4-5.

Hall, W. and Solowij, N. (1997) Long-term cannabis use and mental health. British Journal of Psychiatry, 171, 107-108.

Hall, W. (1997) The recent Australian debate about the prohibition on cannabis use. Addiction, 92, 1109-1115.

Darke, S. and Hall, W. (1997) The distribution of naloxone to heroin users. Addiction, 92, 1195-1199.

Hall, W. (1997) The role of legal coercion in the treatment of offenders with alcohol and heroin problems. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 30, 103-120.

Martin, B.R. and Hall, W. (1997/1998) The health effects of cannabis: key issues of policy relevance. Bulletin on Narcotics, 49-50, 85-116.

Ward, J., Mattick, R.P. and Hall, W. (eds) (1998) Methadone Maintenance Treatment and Other Opioid Replacement Therapies. Harwood Academic Press, Amsterdam.

Farrell, M. and Hall, W. (1998) The Swiss Heroin Trials: testing alternative approaches. British Medical Journal, 316, 639.

Hando, J., Darke, S., O'Brien, S., Maher, L. and Hall, W. (1998) The development of an early warning system to detect trends in illicit drug use in Australia: The Illicit Drug Reporting System. Addiction Research, 6, 97-113.

Sannibale, C. and Hall, W. (1998) An evaluation of Cloninger's typology of alcoholism. Addiction, 93, 1241-1249.

Hall, W. and Darke, S. (1998) Trends in opiate overdose mortality in Australia 1979-1995. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 52, 71-77.

Hall, W. (1998) Creating space for a more reasoned debate about drug policy. Policy Options, 19, 18-21.

Hall, W. (1998) The respiratory risks of cannabis smoking. Addiction, 93, 1461-1463.

Lynskey, M. and Hall, W. (1998) Cohort trends in age of initiation to heroin use. Drug and Alcohol Review, 17, 289-297.

Hall, W. and Solowij, N. (1998) The adverse effects of cannabis use. Lancet, 352, 1611-1616.

Hall, W. (1998) Cannabis and psychosis. Drug and Alcohol Review, 17, 433-444.

Hall, W. (1998) Past the smoke screen. Washington Post, 29 November 1998, C1-C4.

Ward, J., Hall, W. and Mattick, R.P. (1999) The role of maintenance treatment in opioid dependence. Lancet, 353, 221-226.

Kalant, H., Corrigal, W, Hall, W. and Smart, R. (eds) (1999) The Health Effects of Cannabis. Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto.

Hall, W. (1999) Assessing the health and psychological effects of cannabis use. In: Kalant, H., Corrigal, W., Hall, W. and Smart, R. eds. The Health Effects of Cannabis. (pp 1- 17) Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto.

Hall, W., Johnston, L. and Donnelly, N. (1999) The epidemiology of cannabis use and its consequences. In: Kalant, H., Corrigal, W., Hall, W. and Smart, R. eds. The Health Effects of Cannabis. (pp 69-125) Addiction Research Foundation.

Hall, W., Room, R. and Bondy, S. (1999) Comparing the health and psychological risks of alcohol, cannabis, nicotine and opiate use. In: Kalant, H., Corrigal, W., Hall, W. and Smart, R. eds. The Health Effects of Cannabis. (pp 475-506). Addiction Research Foundation.

Darke, S., Hall, W., Weatherburn, D. and Lind, B. (1999) Fluctuations in heroin purity and the incidence of fatal heroin overdose. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 54, 155-161.

Hall, W., Degenhardt, L. and Lynskey, M. (1999) Opioid overdose mortality in Australia, 1964-1997: birth cohort trends. Medical Journal of Australia, 171, 34-37.

Hall, W. (1999) Reducing the toll of opioid overdose deaths in Australia. The 1998 James Rankin Oration. Drug and Alcohol Review, 18, 213-220.

Hall, W. and Teesson, M. (1999) Alcohol use disorders: Who should be treated and how? in G. Andrews and A.S. Henderson (eds) Unmet Need in Psychiatry: Problems, Resources, Responses. pp 290-301. Cambridge University Press.

Andrews, G., Hall, W., Teesson, M. and Henderson, A.S. (1999) The Mental Health of Australians. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.

Hall, W , Teesson, M., Lynskey, M. and Degenhardt, L. (1999) The prevalence in the past year of substance use and ICD-10 substance use disorders in Australian adults: Findings from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being. Addiction, 94, 1541-1550.

Hall, W., Degenhardt, L. and Lynskey, M. (2000) Trends in methadone overdose death in Australia and the United Kingdom 1985-1995. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 57, 247-254.

Strang, J., Witton, J., and Hall, W. (2000) Improving the quality of the cannabis policy debate: defining the different domains. British Medical Journal, 320, 108-110.

Hall, W. and Babor, T. (2000) Cannabis and public health: assessing the burden. Addiction, 95, 485-490.

Henderson. A.S., Andrews, G. and Hall, W. (2000) Australia's mental health: the Australian mental health survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34, 197-205.

Teesson, M., Hall, W., Lynskey, M. and Degenhardt, L. (2000) Alcohol and drug use disorders in Australia: implications of the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34, 206-213.

Boot, B., McGregor, I. and Hall, W. (2000) The neurotoxicity of MDMA. Lancet, 355, 1818-1821.

Hall, W. and Zador, D. (2000) Challenge of reducing drug-related deaths. Lancet, 356, 7-8.

Hall, W. (2000) The cannabis policy debate: Finding a way forward. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 162, 1690-1692.

Degenhardt, L., Hall, W. and Lynskey, M. (2000) Cohort trends in the age of initiation of drug use in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 24, 421-426.

Hall, W. and Mattick, R. (2000) Is Ultra-Rapid Opiate Detoxification a viable option in the treatment of opioid dependence? CNS Drugs, 14, 251-255.

Hall, W. (Chair) (2000) Report of the Working Party on the Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes. Volume 1: Executive Summary. NSW Government, Sydney.

Hall, W. (Chair) (2000) Report of the Working Party on the Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes. Volume 2: Full Report. NSW Government, Sydney.

Hall, W., Ross, J., Lynskey, M., Law, M, and Degenhardt, L. (2000) How many dependent heroin users are there in Australia? Medical Journal of Australia, 173, 528-531.

Hall, W. and Swift, W. (2000) The THC content of cannabis in Australia: evidence and policy implications. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 24, 503-508.

Lynskey, M. and Hall, W. (2000) The effects of adolescent cannabis use on educational attainment: a review. Addiction, 95, 1621-1630.

Hall, W. (2000) The mental health effects of cannabis use. (pp 550-553) M. Gelder, J.J. Lopez-Ibor, and N. Andreasen (eds) New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Oxford University Press.

Hunter, E.M., Brady, M., and Hall, W. (2000) National Recommendations for the Clinical Management of Alcohol-related Problems in Indigenous Primary Health Care Settings. Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Health, Canberra.

Andrews, G., Henderson, A.S. and Hall, W. (2001) Prevalence, comorbidity, disability and service utilisation: an overview of the Australian National Mental Health Survey. British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, 145-153.

Law, M. Ross, J., Lynskey, M., and Hall, W. (2001) Back projection estimates of the number of dependent heroin users in Australia. Addiction, 96, 433-443.

Hall, W. (2001) Reducing the harms of cannabis use: the policy debate in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 62, 163-174.

Lynskey, M. and Hall, W. (2001) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and substance use disorders: Is there a causal link? Addiction, 96, 815-822.

Hall, W., Degenhardt, L. and Currow, D. (2001) Allowing the medical use of cannabis. Medical Journal of Australia, 175, 39-40.

Swift, W., Hall, W. and Teesson, M. (2001) Characteristics of DSM-IV and ICD-10 cannabis dependence among Australian adults: results from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 63, 147-153.

Degenhardt, L. and Hall, W. (2001) The association between psychosis and problematical drug use among Australian adults: findings from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being. Psychological Medicine, 31, 659-668.

Degenhardt, L., Hall, W. and Lynskey, M. (2001) The relationship between cannabis use, depression and anxiety among Australian adults: Findings from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 36, 219-227.

Warner-Smith, M., Darke, S., Lynskey, M. and Hall, W. (2001) Heroin overdose: causes and consequences. Addiction, 96, 1113-1125.

Spooner, C., Hall, W. and Mattick, R.P. (2001) An overview of diversion strategies for drug-related offenders. Drug and Alcohol Review, 20, 281-294.

Degenhardt, L., Hall, W. and Lynskey, M. (2001) Alcohol, cannabis and tobacco use among Australians: A comparison of their associations with other drug use, other drug use disorders, affective and anxiety disorders, and psychosis. Addiction, 96, 1603-1614.

Degenhardt, L. and Hall, W. (2001) The relationship between tobacco use, substance use disorders and mental health: results from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being. Nicotine and Smoking Research, 3, 225-234.

Hall, W., Degenhardt, L., and Lynskey, M. (2001) The Health and Psychological Effects of Cannabis. National Drug Strategy Monograph No 44. Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.

Teesson, M and Hall, W. (2001) Substance-related disorders. In G. Meadows and B. Singh (eds) Mental Health in Australia: A Collaborative Community Practice. pp 363-373. Oxford University Press.

Swift, W. and Hall, W. (2002) Tolerance, withdrawal and dependence. F. Grotenhermen and E. Russo (eds) Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Potential. Haworth Press.

Hall, W., Kimber, J. and Mattick, R.P. (2002) Breaking the deadlock over a heroin trial. Medical Journal of Australia, 176, 72-73.

Hall, W. (2002) Educating government officials about the health risks of cannabis. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21, 121-125.

Hall, W. and MacPhee, D. (2002) Cannabis use and cancer. Addiction, 97, 243-247.

Teesson, M., Degenhardt, L. and Hall, W. (2002) Addictions. Clinical Psychology: A Modular Course. Psychology Press, London.

Spooner, C. and Hall, W. (2002) Preventing substance misuse among young people: we need to do more than "just say no". Addiction, 97, 478-481.

Spooner, C. and Hall, W. (2002) Public policy and the prevention of substance use disorders. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 15, 235-239.

Hall, W., Lynskey, M. and Madden, P. (2002) The genetics of tobacco use: methods, findings and policy implications. Tobacco Control, 11, 119-124.

Bammer, G., Hall, W., Hamilton, M. and Ali, R. (2002) Harm minimisation in a prohibition context – Australia. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 58, 80-93.

Darke, S., Hall, W., Ross, J. and DuFlo, J. (2002) Hair morphine concentrations of fatal heroin overdose cases and living heroin users. Addiction, 97, 977-984.

Darke S, Topp L, Kaye S and Hall W. (2002) Heroin use in New South Wales, Australia, 1996-2000: 5 year monitoring of trends in price, purity, availability and use from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS). Addiction, 97, 179-186.

Degenhardt L and Hall W. (2002) Cannabis and psychosis. Current Psychiatry Reports, 4, 191-196.

Edwards G, Babor TF, Hall W and West R. (2002) Another mirror shattered? Tobacco industry involvement suspected in a book which claims that nicotine is not addictive. Addiction, 97, 1-5.

Ezzati M, Lopez AD, Rodgers A, Hoorn SV and Murray CJL. (2002) Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. The Lancet, 360, 1347-1360.

Fischer B, Rehm J, Kirst M, Casas M, Hall W, Krausz M, Metrebian N, Reggers J, Uchtenhagen A, Van Den Brink W and Van Ree JM. (2002) Heroin-assisted treatment as a response to the public health problem of opiate dependence. European Journal of Public Health, 12, 228-234.

Hall W. (2002) Clearing the smoke: Assessing the science base for tobacco harm reduction. Addiction, 97, 1480-1481.

Hall W. (2002) Getting the cannabis withdrawal question into proper perspective: Comments on Smith. Addiction, 97, 754-754.

Hall W. (2002) The prospects for immunotherapy in smoking cessation. Lancet, 360, 1089-1091.

Hall W. (2002) Stages and pathways of drug involvement: Examining the gateway hypothesis. Addiction, 97, 1482-1482.

Hall W. (2002) Taking Darwin seriously: More than telling just so stories [commentary]. Addiction, 97, 472-473.

Hall WD, Mattick RP and Kimber J. (2002) Separating politics and scientific research on heroin prescription - In reply [letter]. Medical Journal of Australia, 176, 450-450.

Patton GC, Coffey C, Carlin JB, Degenhardt L, Lynskey M and Hall W. (2002) Cannabis use and mental health in young people: cohort study. British Medical Journal, 325, 1195-1198.

Sibthorpe BM, Bailie RS, Brady MA, Ball SA, Sumner-Dodd P and Hall WD. (2002) The demise of a planned randomised controlled trial in an urban Aboriginal medical service [letter]. Medical Journal of Australia, 176, 273-276.

Sibthorpe BM, Bailie RS, Brady MA, Ball SA, Sumner-Dodd P and Hall WD. (2002) The demise of a planned randomised controlled trial in an urban Aboriginal medical service [The Research Enterprise]. Medical Journal of Australia, 177, 222-223.

Wutzke SE, Conigrave KM, Saunders JB and Hall WD. (2002) The long-term effectiveness of brief interventions for unsafe alcohol consumption: a 10-year follow-up. Addiction, 97, 665-675.

Hall, W., Carter, L. & Morley, K.I. (2002) Ethical implications of advances in neuroscience research on the addictions. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Technical Report No.143, Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.

Hall, W. & Carter L. (2002) Ethical issues in trialling and using a cocaine vaccine to treat and prevent cocaine dependence. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Technical Report No.141, Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.

Day, C., Topp, L., Rouen, D., Darke, S. Hall, W., and Dolan, K. (2003) Decreased heroin availability in Sydney Australia in early 2001. Addiction, 98, 93-95.

Morley, K.I., Carter, L. & Hall, W. (2003) Regulation of embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning: The Australian debate, Plaintiff, 55: 20-23.

Hall, W.D., Mant, A., Mitchell, P.B., Rendle, V.A., Hickie, I.B. & McManus, P. (2003) Association between antidepressant prescribing and suicide in Australia, 1991-2000: trend analysis. BMJ, 326: 1008-1012.

Hall, W., Carter, L. & Morley, K.I. (2003) Addiction, neuroscience and ethics. Addiction, 98: 867-870; author reply 873-874.

Hall, W. & Carter L. (2004) Ethical issues in using a cocaine vaccine to treat and prevent cocaine abuse and dependence, Journal of Medical Ethics, 30: 337-340.

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