By Dr George (Kev) Dertadian

Journal articles

Dertadian GC; Sentas V, 2025, '“No penalties. No arrests. No jails”: Perspectives on drug decriminalization among people who inject drugs in Sydney', International Journal of Drug Policy, 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104657

Dertadian GC; Keane H; Sherlock H, 2025, 'Innocent Addictions: Discourse Analysis of Media Coverage of Pharmaceutical Dependence in Australia', Contemporary Drug Problems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914509241310745

Dertadian GC; Caruana T; Maher L, 2024, 'The gendered violence of injecting-related stigma among relatively affluent, suburban women who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1062 - 1070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13775

Dertadian GC; Askew R, 2024, 'Towards a social harm approach in drug policy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104425

Dertadian GC, 2024, 'The Coloniality of drug prohibition', International Journal of Drug Policy, 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104368

Dertadian GC; Caruana T; Maher L, 2023, '‘Grew Up with a Silver Spoon in My Mouth, But it Ended Up the Nose’: The Stigma and Labelling of Injection Drug Use in an Affluent Beachside Community', Critical Criminology, 31, pp. 811 - 825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10612-023-09710-y

Dertadian GC, 2023, 'Is non-medical use normal? Normalisation, medicalisation and pharmaceutical consumption', International Journal of Drug Policy, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104123

Dertadian GC; Rance J, 2023, 'Lives Worth Grieving: Differential Coverage of Overdose Deaths in Australian News Media (2015–2020)', Contemporary Drug Problems, 50, pp. 361 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914509231178937

Dertadian GC; Yates K, 2023, '“Overdose Has Many Faces”: The Politics of Care in Responding to Overdose at Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre', Contemporary Drug Problems, 50, pp. 136 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914509221134716

Dertadian GC; Caruana T; Maher L, 2023, 'Injection drug use in an affluent beachside community in Sydney: An exploratory qualitative study', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 544 - 554, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13592

Dertadian G; Tomsen S, 2021, 'The Experience of Safety, Harassment and Social Exclusion Among Male Clients of Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.2029

Dertadian GC; Tomsen S, 2020, 'The case for a second safe injecting facility (SIF) in Sydney', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 32, pp. 180 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2019.1689787

Maher L; Dertadian G, 2018, 'Qualitative research', Addiction, 113, pp. 167 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13931

Dertadian GC; Dixon TC; Iversen J; Maher L, 2017, 'Self-limiting non-medical pharmaceutical opioid use among young people in Sydney, Australia: An exploratory study', Drug and Alcohol Review, 36, pp. 643 - 650, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12474

Dertadian GK; Dixon T; Iversen J; Maher L, 2017, 'Pharmaceutical Opioid Use Among Oral and Intravenous Users in Australia: A Comparative Study.', International Journal of Drug Policy

Iversen J; Dertadian GK; Geddes L; Maher L, 2017, 'High Risk Injecting Behaviour Among People Who Inject Pharmaceutical Opioids in Australia.', International Journal of Drug Policy

Iversen J; Dertadian G; Geddes L; Maher L, 2017, 'High risk injecting behaviour among people who inject pharmaceutical opioids in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 42, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.12.004

Dertadian G; Iversen J; Dixon TC; Sotiropoulos K; Maher L, 2017, 'Pharmaceutical opioid use among oral and intravenous users in Australia: A qualitative comparative study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 41, pp. 51 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.12.007

Dertadian GK; Dixon T; Iversen J; Maher L, 2017, 'Self-limiting Non-Medical Pharmaceutical Opioid Use among Young People in Sydney, Australia: An Exploratory Study.', Drug and Alcohol Review

Dertadian GK; Maher L, 2014, 'From Oxycodone to Heroin: Two Cases of Transitioning Opioid Use in Young Australians', Drug and Alcohol Review

Dertadian GC; Maher L, 2014, 'From oxycodone to heroin: Two cases of transitioning opioid use in young Australians', Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, pp. 102 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12093

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