By Dr Monica Jane Barratt

Journal articles

Piatkowski T; Volpe I; Brien R; Coomber R; Barratt M; Kill E; Davey G; Francis C; Cresswell S; White A; Harding M; Blakey K; Reeve S; Walters B; Ferris J; Puljević C, 2025, 'Development, dissemination and community response towards the first community notice regarding misrepresented illicit anabolic-androgenic steroids in circulation in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 44, pp. 735 - 741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.14015

Coney L; Peacock A; van der Gouwe D; Smit-Rigter L; Hutten N; Ventura M; Quesada A; Barratt MJ, 2025, 'Comparison of strength and adulteration between illicit drugs obtained from cryptomarkets versus off-line', Addiction, 120, pp. 128 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16665

Barrios KP; Connolly DJ; Ferris JA; Maier LJ; Barratt MJ; Winstock AR; Puljević C; Gilchrist G, 2025, 'Ketamine use in a large global sample: Characteristics, patterns of use and emergency medical treatment', Journal of Psychopharmacology, 39, pp. 8 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02698811241273850

Bonenti B; Puljević C; Ferris J; Barratt MJ; O’Connor T; Piatkowski T, 2025, 'Much Easier Just to Buy Underground From a Guy at The Gym: The Politics of Accessing Testosterone Among Men Who use Prescribed Testosterone in Australia', Journal of Drug Issues, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00220426251403911

Gústafsson BJ; Puljević C; Davies EL; Barratt MJ; Ferris J; Winstock A; Piatkowski T, 2025, 'Sweating for Sobriety: Exploring the Relationship Between Exercise Engagement and Substance Use Disorders', Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 57, pp. 223 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2024.2311143

Bonenti B; Steve V; Puljević C; Ferris J; Barratt MJ; Winstock A; Ball L; Armstrong M; Piatkowski T, 2025, 'Understanding Age-Based Differences in Psychosocial Harms, Physical Harms, and Access Difficulties Among an International Sample of Men Who Use Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids', American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15598276251405211

Piatkowski T; Patel M; Puljević C; Davies EL; Barratt MJ; Winstock AR; Ferris JA, 2025, 'Why, Where, and with Whom? Understanding the set and setting influencing the consumption of NoLo beverages', Drugs Education Prevention and Policy, 32, pp. 544 - 556, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2376086

Eassey C; Hughes CE; Wadds P; de Andrade D; Barratt MJ, 2024, 'A systematic review of interventions that impact alcohol and other drug-related harms in licensed entertainment settings and outdoor music festivals', Harm Reduction Journal, 21, pp. 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-00949-4

Piatkowski T; Havnes IA; Kill E; Barratt MJ, 2024, '“The compounds for females are really commonly faked!”: Women's challenges in anabolic steroid acquisition and the place of drug checking interventions', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1962 - 1966, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13931

Valente H; Barratt MJ; Martins D; Fernandes L; Pinto M, 2024, 'Responsibility, Care and Trust Among People Using Drug Checking Services at a Music Festival', Contemporary Drug Problems, 51, pp. 178 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914509241255311

Walker C; Piatkowski T; Ferris J; Davies E; Barratt M; Winstock A; Puljević C, 2024, 'From chaos to kaleidoscope: Exploring factors in psychedelic self-treatment for mental health conditions', Journal of Psychopharmacology, 38, pp. 749 - 760, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02698811241265762

Baxter L; Puljević C; Piatkowski T; Ferris J; Davies EL; Barratt MJ; Winstock A, 2024, 'Tripping into the unknown: Exploring the experiences of first-time LSD users through global drug survey insights', Journal of Psychopharmacology, 38, pp. 735 - 748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02698811241254837

Barratt MJ; Coomber R; Kowalski M; Aldridge J; Munksgaard R; Ferris J; Malm A; Martin J; Décary-Hétu D, 2024, 'How accurate are drug cryptomarket listings by content, weight, purity and repeat purchase?', Drugs Habits and Social Policy, 25, pp. 6 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DHS-11-2023-0043

Connolly DJ; Gilchrist G; Ferris J; Puljević C; Maier L; Barratt MJ; Winstock A; Davies EL, 2024, 'Pandemic-related changes in alcohol use among LGB+ people with and without mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions: a multinational cross-sectional study', Drugs Habits and Social Policy, 25, pp. 97 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DHS-08-2023-0032

Barratt MJ; Ball M; Wong GTW; Quinton A, 2024, 'Adulteration and substitution of drugs purchased in Australia from cryptomarkets: An analysis of Test4Pay', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 969 - 974, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13825

Puljević C; Tscharke B; Wessel EL; Francis C; Verhagen R; O'Brien JW; Bade R; Nadarajan D; Measham F; Stowe MJ; Piatkowski T; Ferris J; Page R; Hiley S; Eassey C; McKinnon G; Sinclair G; Blatchford E; Engel L; Norvill A; Barratt MJ, 2024, 'Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival', Science of the Total Environment, 921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170934

Coney L; Peacock A; Malm A; Munksgaard R; Aldridge J; Ferris JA; Maier LJ; Winstock AR; Barratt MJ, 2024, 'The relationship between cryptomarket drug purchase, social networks and adverse drug events: A cross-sectional study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104258

Volpe I; Brien R; Grigg J; Tzanetis S; Crawford S; Lyons T; Lee N; McKinnon G; Hughes C; Eade A; Barratt MJ, 2023, '‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts', Harm Reduction Journal, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00716-3

Brien R; Volpe I; Grigg J; Lyons T; Hughes C; McKinnon G; Tzanetis S; Crawford S; Eade A; Lee N; Barratt MJ, 2023, 'Co-designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia', Harm Reduction Journal, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00761-6

Volpe I; Brien R; Grigg J; Tzanetis S; Crawford S; Lyons T; Lee N; McKinnon G; Hughes C; Eade A; Barratt MJ, 2023, 'Correction: ‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts (Harm Reduction Journal, (2023), 20, 1, (3), 10.1186/s12954-022-00716-3)', Harm Reduction Journal, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00784-z

Brien R; Volpe I; Grigg J; Lyons T; Hughes C; McKinnon G; Tzanetis S; Crawford S; Eade A; Lee N; Barratt MJ, 2023, 'Correction: Co‑designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia (Harm Reduction Journal, (2023), 20, 1, (30), 10.1186/s12954-023-00761-6)', Harm Reduction Journal, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00783-0

Gilchrist G; Potts LC; Connolly DJ; Winstock A; Barratt MJ; Ferris J; Gilchrist E; Davies E, 2023, 'Experience and perpetration of intimate partner violence and abuse by gender of respondent and their current partner before and during COVID-19 restrictions in 2020: a cross-sectional study in 13 countries', BMC Public Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14635-2

Engel L; Barratt M; Ferris J; Puljevic C; Winstock A, 2023, 'Mescaline, Peyote and San Pedro: Is sustainability important for cacti consumers?', Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 7, pp. 135 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2054.2023.00252

Puljević C; Cossart A; Davies EL; Barratt MJ; Maier LJ; Jauffret-Roustide M; Winstock AR; Ferris JA, 2023, 'Shifts in cannabis use at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among Global Drug Survey respondents from 13 countries', Drugs Habits and Social Policy, 24, pp. 145 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DHS-12-2022-0048

van der Sanden R; Wilkins C; Rychert M; Barratt MJ, 2023, 'Social Supply and the Potential for Harm Reduction in Social Media Drug Markets', Contemporary Drug Problems, 50, pp. 381 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914509231178940

Munksgaard R; Ferris JA; Winstock A; Maier LJ; Barratt MJ, 2023, 'Better Bang for the Buck? Generalizing Trust in Online Drug Markets', British Journal of Criminology, 63, pp. 906 - 928, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac070

Strating TR; Puljević C; Davies E; Barratt MJ; Winstock A; Ferris J, 2023, 'Not all home drinking is equal: A latent class analysis of drinking patterns and alcohol consumption levels following initial COVID-19 restrictions in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1041 - 1053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13686

Nielsen S; Barratt M; Hiley S; Bartlett M; Latimer J; Jauncey M; Roux C; Morelato M; Clark N; Kowalski M; Gilbert M; Francia L; Shipton A; Gerostamoulos D; Glowacki L; Lam T, 2023, 'Monitoring for fentanyl within Australian supervised injecting facilities: Findings from feasibility testing of novel methods and collaborative workshops', International Journal of Drug Policy, 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104015

Valente H; Martins D; Pinto M; Fernandes L; Barratt MJ, 2023, 'A longitudinal study of behavioural outcomes following a visit to the Boom Festival 2018 drug checking service: individual and group level results', Drugs Education Prevention and Policy, 30, pp. 373 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2072187

Barratt MJ; Bright SJ; Blackwell AR, 2023, 'Community-led guerrilla drug checking in response to deaths from adulterated MDMA in Victoria, Australia', Drugs Habits and Social Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DHS-01-2022-0006

Petranker R; Anderson T; Maier LJ; Barratt MJ; Ferris JA; Winstock AR, 2023, 'Microdosing psychedelics: Subjective benefits and challenges, substance testing behavior, and the relevance of intention (vol 36, pg 85, 2022)', JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 37, pp. 752 - 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02698811231161294

Valente H; Martins D; Pinto M; Fernandes JL; Barratt MJ, 2022, 'Drug use patterns, harm reduction strategies and use of drug checking services in boom festival patrons', Drugs Habits and Social Policy, 23, pp. 232 - 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dhs-01-2022-0004

van der Sanden R; Wilkins C; Rychert M; Barratt MJ, 2022, 'The Use of Discord Servers to Buy and Sell Drugs', Contemporary Drug Problems, 49, pp. 453 - 477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914509221095279

Connolly DJ; Davies E; Lynskey M; Maier LJ; Ferris JA; Barratt MJ; Winstock AR; Gilchrist G, 2022, 'Differences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Dependence Between Transgender and Cisgender Participants from the 2018 Global Drug Survey', Lgbt Health, 9, pp. 534 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2021.0242

van der Sanden R; Wilkins C; Rychert M; Barratt MJ, 2022, '‘Choice’ of social media platform or encrypted messaging app to buy and sell illegal drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103819

Page R; Healey A; Siefried KJ; Harrod ME; Franklin E; Peacock A; Barratt MJ; Brett J; Peacock A, 2022, 'Barriers to help-seeking among music festival attendees in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 1322 - 1330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13479

Grigg J; Barratt MJ; Lenton S, 2022, 'Drug policing down under: An investigation of panic consumption, internal concealment and the use of drug amnesty bins among a sample of Australian festivalgoers', International Journal of Drug Policy, 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103769

Lam T; Barratt MJ; Bartlett M; Latimer J; Jauncey M; Hiley S; Clark N; Gerostamoulos D; Glowacki L; Roux C; Morelato M; Nielsen S, 2022, 'Infrequent detection of unintentional fentanyl use via urinalysis among people who regularly inject opioids in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia', Addiction, 117, pp. 2331 - 2337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15832

Barratt MJ; Maddox A; Smith N; Davis JL; Goold L; Winstock AR; Ferris JA, 2022, 'Who uses digital drugs? An international survey of ‘binaural beat’ consumers', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 1126 - 1130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13464

Craft S; Ferris JA; Barratt MJ; Maier LJ; Lynskey MT; Winstock AR; Freeman TP, 2022, 'Clinical withdrawal symptom profile of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists and comparison of effects with high potency cannabis', Psychopharmacology, 239, pp. 1349 - 1357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-021-05945-1

O'Reilly K; Kowalski M; Barratt MJ; Ritter A, 2022, 'Distinguishing personal use of drugs from drug supply: Approaches and challenges', International Journal of Drug Policy, 103, pp. 103653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103653

Davies EL; Puljevic C; Gilchrist G; Potts L; Zhuparris A; Maier LJ; Barratt MJ; Winstock AR; Ferris JA, 2022, 'Impacts of changes in alcohol consumption patterns during the first 2020 COVID-19 restrictions for people with and without mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions: A cross sectional study in 13 countries', International Journal of Drug Policy, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103563

Healey A; Siefried KJ; Harrod ME; Franklin E; Peacock A; Barratt MJ; Brett J; Peacock A, 2022, 'Correlates of higher-risk drug-related behaviours at music festivals in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 320 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13404

Barratt MJ; Lamy FR; Engel L; Davies E; Puljevic C; Ferris JA; Winstock AR, 2022, 'Exploring Televend, an innovative combination of cryptomarket and messaging app technologies for trading prohibited drugs', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109243

Brett J; Siefried KJ; Healey A; Harrod ME; Franklin E; Barratt MJ; Masters J; Nguyen L; Adiraju S; Gerber C, 2022, 'Wastewater analysis for psychoactive substances at music festivals across New South Wales, Australia in 2019–2020', Clinical Toxicology, 60, pp. 440 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2021.1979233

Barratt MJ; Measham F, 2022, 'What is drug checking, anyway?', Drugs Habits and Social Policy, 23, pp. 176 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DHS-01-2022-0007

van der Sanden R; Wilkins C; Romeo JS; Rychert M; Barratt MJ, 2021, 'Predictors of using social media to purchase drugs in New Zealand: Findings from a large-scale online survey', International Journal of Drug Policy, 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103430

Puljević C; Zahnow R; Benfer I; Winstock AR; Maier LJ; Barratt MJ; Ferris J, 2021, 'Patterns of methamphetamine production among an international sample of methamphetamine ‘cooks’', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1287 - 1293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13205

Peacock A; Gibbs D; Price O; Barratt MJ; Ezard N; Sutherland R; Hill PL; Grigg J; Lenton S; Page R; Salom C; Hughes C; Bruno R, 2021, 'Profile and correlates of colorimetric reagent kit use among people who use ecstasy/MDMA and other illegal stimulants in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103334

Lamy FR; Daniulaityte R; Barratt MJ; Lokala U; Sheth A; Carlson RG, 2021, '“Etazene, safer than heroin and fentanyl”: Non-fentanyl novel synthetic opioid listings on one darknet market', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108790

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