By Dr George (Kev) Dertadian

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Dertadian GK, 2025, Prioritising harm reduction in an overdose crisis, https://thepolicymaker.jmi.org.au/prioritising-harm-reduction-in-an-overdose-crisis/

Dertadian GK, 2024, Is Drug Addiction A Racist Concept?, https://www.talkingdrugs.org/is-drug-addiction-a-racist-concept/

Dertadian GK, 2024, Addiction Research and Non-Carceral Approaches to Drug Use, https://open.spotify.com/episode/62PwZ8NWvF2wLJZBOIpHGu?si=K4lZi_C9TZKhK6sPj7e--A

Dertadian GK, 2024, Prohibition, Colonisation, and Undermining Indigenous Rights, https://www.talkingdrugs.org/prohibition-colonisation-and-undermining-indigenous-rights/

Dertadian GK, 2023, S2 - Episode 3 - Research and lived experience: advocacy and social harm, https://open.spotify.com/episode/6DnWLYc1bpeTIC4lcdO9ck?si=q2M7I23fSOC-cz6H_uI5sw

Dertadian GK, 2018, Pain isn’t just physical: why many are using painkillers for emotional relief, https://theconversation.com/pain-isnt-just-physical-why-many-are-using-painkillers-for-emotional-relief-106235

Dertadian GK, 2018, Drug users in outer Sydney need another medically supervised consumption room, https://theconversation.com/drug-users-in-outer-sydney-need-another-medically-supervised-consumption-room-96463

Dertadian GK, 2018, Public housing ban on people with drug records likely to do more harm than good, research tell us, https://theconversation.com/public-housing-ban-on-people-with-drug-records-likely-to-do-more-harm-than-good-research-tell-us-93731

Dertadian GK, 2016, Not everyone who takes painkillers for fun is an addict; some have just found a different way to cope, https://theconversation.com/not-everyone-who-takes-painkillers-for-fun-is-an-addict-some-have-just-found-a-different-way-to-cope-57269

Dertadian GK, 2014, Misuse of painkillers on the rise, but why?, http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=16558

Dertadian GK, 2013, Our Casual Culture Of Pill Use, https://newmatilda.com/2013/10/18/our-casual-culture-pill-use/

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