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Ethical issues in using a cocaine vaccine to treat and prevent cocaine abuse and dependenceW Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072
J Med Ethics 30:337-40. 2004..There will need to be an informed community debate about what role, if any, a cocaine vaccine may have as a way of preventing cocaine addiction in children and adolescents...
The impact of changes to heroin supply on blood-borne virus notifications and injecting related harms in New South Wales, AustraliaCarolyn Day
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales Level 2, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
BMC Public Health 5:84. 2005....
Was an increase in cocaine use among injecting drug users in New South Wales, Australia, accompanied by an increase in violent crime?Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
BMC Public Health 5:40. 2005..Specifically, the paper aims to examine the impact of increased cocaine use among Sydney IDU upon police incidents of robbery with a weapon, assault and homicide...
Using intervention time series analyses to assess the effects of imperfectly identifiable natural events: a general method and exampleStuart Gilmour
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
BMC Med Res Methodol 6:16. 2006..ITSA methods are quasi-experimental in nature and the validity of modelling with these methods depends upon assumptions about the timing of the intervention and the response of the process to it...
Neuroscience research on the addictions: a prospectus for future ethical and policy analysisWayne Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Brisbane, Australia
Addict Behav 29:1481-95. 2004....
The prediction of disease risk in genomic medicineWayne D Hall
Institute for Molecular Bioscience of the University of Queensland in St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
EMBO Rep 5:S22-6. 2004
Feeling 'better than well'Wayne Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics in the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
EMBO Rep 5:1105-9. 2004
Cannabis use and psychotic disorders: an updateWayne Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience University of Queensland Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 23:433-43. 2004..It seems more likely that cannabis use can precipitate schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals. There is also reasonable evidence for the third hypothesis that cannabis use exacerbates psychosis...
Being realistic about benefits of supervised injecting facilitiesWayne Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
Lancet 366:271-2. 2005
Cannabinoids and cancer: causation, remediation, and palliationWayne Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Lancet Oncol 6:35-42. 2005..We review the available evidence on these three issues and consider their implications for policy...
Will nicotine genetics and a nicotine vaccine prevent cigarette smoking and smoking-related diseases?Wayne D Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
PLoS Med 2:e266; quiz e351. 2005
Is cannabis a gateway drug? Testing hypotheses about the relationship between cannabis use and the use of other illicit drugsWayne D Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:39-48. 2005....
The contribution of research to Australian policy responses to heroin dependence 1990-2001: a personal retrospectionWayne Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
Addiction 99:560-9. 2004....
Retrospections of a recovering drug researcherWayne Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Australia
Addiction 99:153-4. 2004
The prospects for immunotherapy in smoking cessationWayne Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, UK
Lancet 360:1089-91. 2002
The genetics of tobacco use: methods, findings and policy implicationsW Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
Tob Control 11:119-24. 2002..advances in molecular biology, including the completion of the draft sequence of the human genome, interest has now turned to identifying gene markers that predict a heightened risk of using tobacco and developing nicotine dependence..
Addiction, ethics and scientific freedomWayne Hall
Office of Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
Addiction 98:873-4. 2003
Breaking the deadlock over an Australian trial of injectable opioid maintenanceWayne D Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia
Med J Aust 176:72-3. 2002
Medical marijuana initiatives : are they justified? How successful are they likely to be?Wayne Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
CNS Drugs 17:689-97. 2003..While awaiting these developments, patients with specified medical conditions could be given exemptions from criminal prosecution to grow cannabis for their own use, at their own risk...
The policy and ethical implications of genetic research on attention deficit hyperactivity disorderMax Yeh
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Queensland, 4072, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 38:10-9. 2004..Researchers and clinicians need to be mindful of these issues in interpreting and disseminating the results of genetic studies of ADHD...
Would vaccination against nicotine be a cost-effective way to prevent smoking uptake in adolescents?Coral E Gartner
UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Australia
Addiction 107:801-9. 2012..We used epidemiological modelling to assess whether nicotine vaccines would be a cost-effective way of preventing smoking uptake in adolescents...
What are the major drivers of prevalent disability burden in young Australians?Rebecca R S Mathews
Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 194:232-5. 2011..To examine age and sex differences in the leading causes of prevalent disability in young Australians...
How can we reduce alcohol-related road crash deaths among young Australians?Wayne D Hall
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 192:464-6. 2010..If we had enforced a zero BAC until age 25, the number of deaths averted until age 25 years could have been as high as 50...
Cannabis use and the mental health of young peopleWayne D Hall
University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 40:105-13. 2006..To review the evidence on the mental health and psychosocial consequences of rising rates of cannabis use among young people in developed countries...
The genetics of nicotine addiction liability: ethical and social policy implicationsWayne D Hall
School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Addiction 103:350-9. 2008..To assess the promise and risks of technological applications of genetic research on liability to develop nicotine dependence...
Smokeless tobacco use in AustraliaCoral E Gartner
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 28:284-91. 2009..There has been little research published on the use of smokeless tobacco (SLT) in Australia. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of SLT use and the potential for harm reduction in current SLT users and smokers...
Genetic screening for susceptibility to depression: can we and should we?Katherine I Morley
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 38:73-80. 2004....
Depression and psychological distress in tobacco smokers and people with cannabis dependence in the National Survey of Mental Health and WellbeingRebecca R S Mathews
Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 195:S12-5. 2011..To examine changes in the prevalence of affective disorders and psychological distress among smokers and people with cannabis dependence between 1997 and 2007...
Should Australia lift its ban on low nitrosamine smokeless tobacco products?Coral E Gartner
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 188:44-6. 2008....
Challenges in reducing cannabis-related harm in AustraliaWayne D Hall
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 28:110-6. 2009....
Community perceptions on the significant extension of life: an exploratory study among urban adults in Brisbane, AustraliaMair Underwood
School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Soc Sci Med 68:496-503. 2009....
Multiple genetic tests for susceptibility to smoking do not outperform simple family historyCoral E Gartner
The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston, QLD, Australia
Addiction 104:118-26. 2009..To evaluate the utility of using predictive genetic screening of the population for susceptibility to smoking...
Australian smokers' use of bupropion and nicotine replacement therapies and their relation to reimbursement, Australia 2001-05Hera Lutsenko
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:160-4. 2008..To compare the usage of bupropion hydrochloride and nicotine replacement in Australia between 2001 and 2005...
Galvanizers, guides, champions, and shields: the many ways that policymakers use public health researchersAbby S Haynes
The Sax Institute, University of Sydney, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Queensland, Australia
Milbank Q 89:564-98. 2011..It also explores the extent to which policymakers' accounts of using researchers concur with the experiences of "policy-engaged" public health researchers...
A research agenda for assessing the potential contribution of genomic medicine to tobacco controlWayne D Hall
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
Tob Control 16:53-8. 2007....
Clinical update: codeine maintenance in opioid dependenceWayne D Hall
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
Lancet 370:550-2. 2007
Should the health community promote smokeless tobacco (snus) as a harm reduction measure?Coral E Gartner
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
PLoS Med 4:e185. 2007....
Professional and personal attitudes of researchers in ageing towards life extensionMair Underwood
Australasian Centre on Ageing, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Biogerontology 10:73-81. 2009..Some participants were not interested in the prospect of life extension for personal reasons, because they felt the potential risks outweighed the potential benefits, or because life extension raised issues of justice and equity...
The contribution of research to the development of a national cannabis policy in AustraliaWayne D Hall
University of Queensland, Australia
Addiction 103:712-20. 2008..To describe the formulation of a National Cannabis Strategy in Australia in 2006 and discuss the contribution that research evidence has made to its development...
Minimising the misuse of oxycodone and other pharmaceutical opioids in AustraliaWayne D Hall
University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 195:248-9. 2011..Simple strategies can reduce harms from misuse of pharmaceutical opioids...
Supping with the devil? The role of law in promoting tobacco harm reduction using low nitrosamine smokeless tobacco productsW Hall
The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
Public Health 123:287-91. 2009..This paper concludes with suggestions for a graduated series of policies that may allow exploration of the public health costs and benefits of encouraging smokers to switch to snus...
Why do they do it? A pilot study towards understanding participant motivation and experience in a large genetic epidemiological study of endometriosisSusan A Treloar
Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
Community Genet 10:61-71. 2007..We also aimed to explore understanding of complex genetic or multifactorial conditions in general...
Assessment of Swedish snus for tobacco harm reduction: an epidemiological modelling studyCoral E Gartner
School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Lancet 369:2010-4. 2007..Swedish snus is a smokeless tobacco product that has been suggested as a tobacco harm reduction product. Our aim was to assess the potential population health effects of snus...
Is there evidence of 'hardening' among Australian smokers between 1997 and 2007? Analyses of the Australian National Surveys of Mental Health and Well-BeingRebecca Mathews
UQ Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:1132-6. 2010..To use data from the 1997 and 2007 National Surveys of Mental Health and Well-Being (NSMHWB) to assess whether Australian smokers in 2007 have higher rates of mental distress and social disadvantage than smokers in 1997...
How have the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants affected suicide mortality?Wayne D Hall
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 40:941-50. 2006....
Oral substitution treatments for opioid dependenceWayne D Hall
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston 4006, QLD, Australia
Lancet 371:2150-1. 2008
Association between antidepressant prescribing and suicide in Australia, 1991-2000: trend analysisWayne D Hall
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
BMJ 326:1008. 2003..If so, increased prescribing of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in general practice may have produced a quantifiable benefit in population mental health...
Sociodemographic correlates of antidepressant utilisation in AustraliaAndrew N Page
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 190:479-83. 2009..To investigate sociodemographic variation in antidepressant utilisation...
Patterns of antipsychotic medication use in Australia 2002-2007Samantha A Hollingworth
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, 4006 QLD, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:372-7. 2010....
Utilization of anti-Parkinson drugs in Australia: 1995-2009Samantha A Hollingworth
The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston, Australia
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 20:450-6. 2011..To examine trends in the prescribing of anti-Parkinsonian drugs (APD) in Australia from 1995 to 2009...
Under what conditions is it ethical to offer incentives to encourage drug-using women to use long-acting forms of contraception?Jayne C Lucke
The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Herston, QLD, Australia
Addiction 107:1036-41. 2012..To stimulate debate by examining ethical issues raised by Project Prevention, a US-based organization that offers $US300 to addicted individuals who agree to either undergo surgical sterilization or use long-acting forms of contraception...
Impulse control disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease receiving dopamine replacement therapy: evidence and implications for the addictions fieldPolly Ambermoon
The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Australia
Addiction 106:283-93. 2011....
Why we need tobacco sales data for good tobacco controlCoral E Gartner
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 192:3-4. 2010..Good-quality data on tobacco sales are vital for evaluating tobacco control interventions...
Using pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in the treatment of psychiatric disorders: some ethical and economic considerationsKatherine I Morley
Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, 4072 St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
J Mol Med (Berl) 82:21-30. 2004..We conclude with recommendations for the regulation and distribution of pharmacogenetic testing services and pharmacogenomic drugs...
How have the SSRI antidepressants affected suicide risk?Wayne D Hall
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland 4066, Australia
Lancet 367:1959-62. 2006
Smart drugs "as common as coffee": media hype about neuroenhancementBradley J Partridge
UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 6:e28416. 2011..In this study we explored how the newsprint media portrays neuroenhancement...
The effect of a reduction in heroin supply on fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses in New South Wales, AustraliaLouisa J Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 182:20-3. 2005..To examine the impact of a sudden and dramatic decrease in heroin availability, concomitant with increases in price and decreases in purity, on fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses in New South Wales, Australia...
Making new choices about antidepressants in Australia: the long view 1975-2002Andrea Mant
Quality Use of Medicines, South East Health, Sydney Hospital, PO Box 1614, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia
Med J Aust 181:S21-4. 2004..To examine trends in types of antidepressant medications prescribed in Australia between 1975 and 2002...
The demise of a planned randomised controlled trial in an urban Aboriginal medical serviceBeverly M Sibthorpe
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Med J Aust 176:273-6. 2002....
Assessing the wisdom of funding DrinkWiseWayne D Hall
Med J Aust 185:635-6. 2006
'Occasional' and 'social' smokers: potential target groups for smoking cessation campaigns?Katherine I Morley
Genetic Epidemiology Group, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, P O Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland
Aust N Z J Public Health 30:550-4. 2006..To describe the characteristics of self-described 'occasional' and 'social' Australian smokers...
The adverse effects of cannabinoids: implications for use of medical marijuanaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
CMAJ 178:1685-6. 2008
Alcohol sales data are essential for good public policies towards alcoholWayne D Hall
Med J Aust 189:188-9. 2008
The demise of a planned randomised controlled trial in an urban Aboriginal medical serviceBeverly M Sibthorpe
Med J Aust 177:222-3. 2002
The effects of the market withdrawal of temazepam gel capsules on benzodiazepine injecting in Sydney, AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:145-51. 2008..This study assessed the impact on benzodiazepine injection among IDU in Sydney of removing temazepam gel capsule preparations from the Australian market...
Explaining the convergence of male and female smoking prevalence in AustraliaKatherine I Morley
Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic, and Analytic Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Addiction 103:487-95. 2008..To examine changes in age of tobacco experimentation and progression to daily smoking in men and women between birth cohorts that differ in exposure to public health programmes that aim to discourage smoking...
Tailoring access to high cost, genetically targeted drugsWayne D Hall
Med J Aust 182:607-8. 2005..Assessment of real cost effectiveness, with data linked to individual health outcomes while protecting patient privacy, is an essential challenge we need to meet...
Substance use and the adolescent brain: a toxic combination?Dan I Lubman
Department of Psychiarty, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Psychopharmacol 21:792-4. 2007..Prospective studies investigating neurobiological correlates and sequelae of early adolescent drug use are urgently required to inform appropriate public health responses...
UK classification of cannabis: is a change needed and why?Louisa Degenhardt
Lancet 370:1541. 2007
Opioid overdose deaths can occur in patients with naltrexone implantsAmy E Gibson
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 186:152-3. 2007..These cases indicate that patients can die from opioid overdose with a naltrexone implant and blood naltrexone levels higher than reported blockade levels...
Five genetic variants associated with prostate cancerCoral E Gartner
N Engl J Med 358:2738-9; author reply 2741. 2008
