By Dr Caitlin Elizabeth Hughes

Reports

Sutherland R; Baillie G; Peacock A; Hammoud M; Memedovic S; Barratt M; Bruno R; Dietze P; Ezard N; Salom C; Degenhardt L; Hughes C, 2021, Key findings from the ‘Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats (ADAPT)’ Study Wave 4., NDARC, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/n5wf-2x04

Gibbs D; Hughes C; Barratt M; Ezard N; Bruno R; Sutherland R; Griggs J; Salom C; Hill P; Dietze P; Lenton S; Degenhardt L; Peacock A, 2019, Illicit drug use and awareness of health and policing initiatives at Australian music festivals among people who regularly use ecstasy and other illicit stimulants, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5da508d7381bd

Hughes C; Barratt M; Ferris J; Winstock A, 2019, DPMP Bulletin No. 28: Australian music festival attendees: A national overview of demographics, drug use patterns, policing experiences and helpseeking behaviour, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5d3047374799b

Vuong T; Ritter A; Hughes C; Shanahan M; Barrett L, 2019, Mandatory alcohol and drug treatment: What is it and does it work?, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5cc258e2a385c

Hughes C; Seaar K; Ritter A; Mazerolle L, 2019, Monograph No. 27: Criminal justice responses relating to personal use and possession of illicit drugs: The reach of Australian drug diversion programs and barriers and facilitators to expansion, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5cca661ce09ce

Hughes C; Stevens A; Hulme S; Cassidy R, 2018, Review of approaches taken in Ireland and in other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offences, UNSW Australia and University of Kent, Sydney and Kent, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27090

Ritter A; Hughes C; Shanahan M, 2018, Bulletin No. 26: Models for the Decriminalisation of the Personal Use and Possession of Drugs, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5beba8750ca19

Hughes CE; Ritter A, 2018, DPMP Bulletin No. 25: What does the research evidence tell us about what Australians think about the legal status of drugs? A 2018 update, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27091

Hughes C; Ritter A, 2018, Bulletin No. 25: What does the research evidence tell us about what Australians think about the legal status of drugs? A 2018 update, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26799

Shanahan ; Hughes CE, 2018, Cannabis caution in NSW: A secondary analysis of the National Cannabis Survey data. A report for NSW Police, Drug Policy Modelling Program, NDARC, UNSW, Sydney

Shanahan MD; Hughes CE; McSweeney T, 2017, Australian police diversion for cannabis offences: Assessing program outcomes and cost-effectiveness, National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, Canberra, Monograph Series No. 66, http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/publications/monographs/monograph-66

Hughes CE; Shanahan M; Sotade O, 2017, Briefing paper for the ACT Drug and Alcohol Court Focus Group, Sydney, Drug Policy Modelling Program, NDARC, UNSW

Shanahan M; Hughes C; McSweeney T, 2017, Police diversion for cannabis offences: Assessing outcomes and cost-effectiveness, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 532, http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/521-540/tandi532.html

Hughes CE; Shanahan M; Sotade O; Ritter A, 2017, Towards a new ACT Drug and Alcohol Court: A program and systems perspective, Drug Policy Modelling Program, NDARC, UNSW, Sydney

Hughes C; Chalmers J; Bright D; McFadden M, 2016, Trafficking in multiple commodities: Exposing Australia's poly-drug and poly-crime networks, National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, Canberra, Monograph No. 62, http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/publications/monographs/monograph-62

Hughes C; Ritter A; Chalmers J; Lancaster K; Barratt M; Moxham-Hall V, 2016, Decriminalisation of drug use and possession in Australia – A briefing note, Drug Policy Modelling Program, NDARC, UNSW Australia, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26040, https://dpmp.unsw.edu.au/resource/decriminalisation-drug-use-and-possession-australia-%E2%80%93-briefing-note

Hughes CE; Chalmers J; Bright D; McFadden M, 2016, Trafficking in multiple commodities: Exposing Australia's poly-drug and poly-crime networks, National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, Canberra, Research Bulletin No. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26525

Belackova V; Ritter A; Shanahan M; Chalmers J; Hughes C; Barratt MJ; Lancaster K, 2015, Medicinal cannabis in Australia – Framing the regulatory options, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25753

Hughes C; Ritter A; Cowdery N; Phillips B, 2014, Australian threshold quantities for 'drug trafficking': Are they placing drug users at risk of unjustified sanction, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/461-480/tandi467.html

Hughes CE, 2014, Drugs and the law: what you need to know, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26524

Hughes CE; Ritter A; Cowdery N; Phillips B, 2014, Evaluating Australian drug trafficking thresholds: Proportionate, equitable and just?, Criminology Research Advisory Council, Canberra, http://crg.aic.gov.au/reports/1314/35-1112-FinalReport.pdf

Hughes CE; Shanahan M; Ritter A; McDonald D; Gray-Weale F, 2014, Monograph No. 25: Evaluation of the ACT drug diversion programs, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26140, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/DPMP%20MONO%2025.pdf

Hughes CE; Wodak AD, 2012, A background paper for an Australia21 Roundtable, Melbourne, Friday 6th July 2012 addressing the question: "What can Australia learn from different approaches to drugs in Europe including especially Portugal, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden?”, Australia21, Weston, ACT, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/ndarc.cms.med.unsw.edu.au/files/ndarc/resources/Australia21%20background%20paper%20July%202012.pdf

Hughes CE; Ritter A, 2011, Monograph No. 22: Legal thresholds for serious drug offences: Expert advice to the ACT on determining amounts for trafficable, commercial and large commercial drug offences, National Drug and Alcohol Reseach Centre, Sydney, https://dpmp.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/dpmp/resources/22%20Legal%20thresholds%20for%20serious%20drug%20offences.pdf

Hughes C; Lodge M; Ritter A; McDonald D, 2010, Monograph No. 18: The coordination of Australian illicit drug policy: A governance perspective, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26833

Hughes C; Ritter A, 2010, Diversion of drug offenders - Report for Queensland Health and Queesland Police, Drug Policy Modelling Program, Sydney

Hughes C; Lodge M; Ritter A, 2010, Monograph No. 18: The Coordination of Australian Illicit Drug Policy: A governance perspective, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26961, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/18%20The%20coordination%20of%20Australian%20illicit%20drug%20policy.pdf

Hughes C; Spicer B; Lancaster K; Matthew-simmons F; Dillon PG, 2010, Monograph No. 19: Media Reporting on Illicit Drugs in Australia:Trends and impacts on youth attitudes to illicit drug use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/19%20Media%20reporting%20on%20illicit%20drugs%20in%20Australia.pdf

Hughes C; Ritter A, 2008, Monograph No. 16: A summary of diversion programs for drug and drug related offenders in Australia, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, https://dpmp.unsw.edu.au/resource/16-summary-diversion-programs-drug-and-drug-related-offenders-australia

Hughes C; Stevens A, 2007, The effects of decriminalization of drug use in Portugal, Beckley Foundation, United Kingdom, Briefing Paper 14, http://www.beckleyfoundation.org/pdf/BriefingPaper14.pdf

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