By Dr Rachel Sutherland

Books

Sutherland R; Breen C, 2017, South Australian Trends in Ecstasy and Related Drug Markets 2016: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, http://www.drugtrends.org.au/reports/sa-edrs-2016/

Sutherland R; Burns LA, 2013, SA Drug Trends 2012: Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/sa-drug-trends-2012-findings-illicit-drug-reporting-system-idrs

Sutherland R; Burns LA, 2013, SA Trends in Ecstasy and Related Drug Markets 2012: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/sa-trends-ecstasy-and-related-drug-markets-2012-findings-ecstasy-and-related-drugs

Sutherland R; Burns L, 2012, SA Drug Trends 2011: Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/ndarc.cms.med.unsw.edu.au/files/ndarc/resources/SA_IDRS_2011_0.pdf

Sutherland R; Burns L, 2012, SA Trends in Ecstasy and Related Drug Markets 2011: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/ndarc.cms.med.unsw.edu.au/files/ndarc/resources/SA_%20EDRS_%202011.pdf

McKetin R; Sutherland R; Ross JE; Najman JM; Mamun A; Baker A; Mattick RP; Rosenfeld J, 2010, Methamphetamine Treament Evaluation Study (MATES): Three-year outcomes from the Sydney site, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/methamphetamine-treatment-evaluation-study-mates-three-year-outcomes-sydney-site

Book Chapters

Sutherland R; Barratt M, 2017, 'New & emerging psychoactive substances', in A Quick Guide to Drugs & Alcohol, pp. 87 - 93, https://druginfo.sl.nsw.gov.au/new-emerging-psychoactive-substances

Journal articles

Akhurst J; Price O; Sutherland R; Gibbs D; Dietze P; Bruno R; Agramunt S; Colledge-Frisby S; Lenton S; Salom C; Thomas N; Peacock A, 2024, 'Naloxone cascade of care among people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2020–2022', International Journal of Drug Policy, 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104572

Price O; Machalek DA; Sutherland R; Gibbs D; Colledge-Frisby S; Read P; Peacock A, 2024, 'Coverage of cervical cancer prevention interventions among people in Australia who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104566

Sutherland R; Gisev N; Larney S, 2024, 'Trends in substance use and related harms among older adults in high-income countries', Addiction, 119, pp. 1676 - 1678, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16469

Sutherland R; Peacock A; Crawford S; Holly C; Gava P; Dicka J; Manu G; Byrne J, 2024, 'Information acquisition and dissemination among a sample of people who inject drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1104 - 1111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13765

Sutherland R; King C; Karlsson A; Treloar C; Broady T; Chandrasena U; Salom C; Dietze P; Peacock A, 2024, 'Stigma, and factors associated with experiencing stigma, while visiting health-care services among samples of people who use illegal drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1264 - 1279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13846

Clay S; Wilkinson Z; Ginley M; Arunogiri S; Christmass M; Membrey D; MacCartney P; Sutherland R; Colledge-Frisby S; Marshall AD; Nagle J; Degenhardt L; Farrell M; McKetin R, 2024, 'The reflections of health service providers on implementing contingency management for methamphetamine use disorder in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1313 - 1322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13853

Price O; Dietze P; Maher L; Dore GJ; Sutherland R; Salom C; Bruno R; Crawford S; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Peacock A, 2024, 'High COVID-19 vaccine uptake following initial hesitancy among people in Australia who inject drugs', Vaccine, 42, pp. 2877 - 2885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.051

Manson AC; Johnson BJ; Wolfenden L; Sutherland R; Golley RK, 2024, 'Unpacking the cost of the lunchbox for Australian families: a secondary analysis', Health Promotion International, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad194

Gibbs D; King C; Hughes C; Peacock A; Grigg J; Yuen WS; Sutherland R, 2023, 'Comparing police use of drug detection dogs amongst injecting and non-injecting groups of people who regularly use drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104223

Sutherland R; Man N; Brown J; Cairns R; Raubenheimer J; Grigg J; Dawson A; Jamshidi N; Peacock A, 2023, 'Has there been an increase in nitrous oxide use and associated harms in Australia? An analysis of triangulated data sources, 2003–2020', International Journal of Drug Policy, 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104178

Clay S; Wilkinson Z; Ginley M; Arunogiri S; Christmass M; Membrey D; MacCartney P; Sutherland R; Colledge-Frisby S; Marshall AD; Nagle J; Degenhardt L; Farrell M; McKetin R, 2023, 'Perspectives and sentiments on contingency management from people who use methamphetamine', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1427 - 1437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13691

Grigg J; Peacock A; Lenton S; Salom C; Agramunt S; Thomas N; Lyons T; Sutherland R, 2023, 'Real or fake? Sourcing and marketing of non-prescribed benzodiazepines amongst two samples of people who regularly use illicit drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1559 - 1565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13722

Price O; Maher L; Dietze PM; Bruno R; Crawford S; Sutherland R; Salom C; Dore GJ; Peacock A, 2023, 'COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and facilitators among people in Australia who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1066 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13621

Price O; Man N; Sutherland R; Bruno R; Dietze P; Salom C; Agramunt S; Grigg J; Degenhardt L; Peacock A, 2023, 'Disruption to Australian heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy markets with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions', International Journal of Drug Policy, 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.103976

Gibbs D; Peacock A; Hughes C; Grigg J; Chandrasena U; Sutherland R, 2023, 'Encounters with police drug detection dogs at music festivals amongst people who regularly use ecstasy and/or other illicit stimulants in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 555 - 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13601

Price O; Sutherland R; Man N; Bruno R; Dietze P; Salom C; Akhurst J; Peacock A, 2023, 'Trends and psychosocial correlates of same day polysubstance use among people who inject drugs in Australia, 2012-2022', International Journal of Drug Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104150

Gibbs D; Grebely J; Sutherland R; Larney S; Butler K; Dietze PM; Starr M; Peacock A, 2021, 'Concordance between self-reported and current hepatitis C virus infection status in a sample of people who inject drugs in Sydney and Canberra, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1349 - 1353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13282

Gibbs D; Price O; Grebely J; Larney S; Sutherland R; Read P; Butler K; Degenhardt L; Peacock A, 2021, 'Hepatitis C virus cascade of care among people who inject drugs in Australia: Factors associated with testing and treatment in a universal healthcare system', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109050

McKetin R; Sutherland R; Peacock A; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2021, 'Patterns of smoking and injecting methamphetamine and their association with health and social outcomes', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1256 - 1265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13364

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

McKetin R; Chrzanowska A; Man N; Peacock A; Sutherland R; Degenhardt L, 2021, 'Trends in treatment episodes for methamphetamine smoking and injecting in Australia, 2003–2019', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1281 - 1286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13258

Grebely J; Collins AB; Artenie AA; Sutherland R; Meyer JP; Barocas JA; Falade-Nwulia O; Cepeda JA; Cunningham EB; Hajarizadeh B; Lafferty L; Lazarus JV; Bonn M; Marshall AD; Treloar C, 2021, 'Progress and remaining challenges to address hepatitis C, other infectious diseases, and drug-related harms to improve the health of people who use drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103469

Sutherland R; Jayathilake R; Peacock A; Dietze P; Bruno R; Reddel S; Gisev N, 2021, 'Trends and characteristics of extra-medical use of quetiapine among people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2011–2018', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108636

Sutherland R; Weatherburn D; Degenhardt L, 2021, 'A trial of Criminal Infringement Notices as an alternative to criminal penalties for illicit drug offences in New South Wales, Australia: Estimated savings', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 93 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13142

Sutherland R; Allsop S; Peacock A, 2020, 'New psychoactive substances in Australia: patterns and characteristics of use, adverse effects, and interventions to reduce harm', Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 33, pp. 343 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000606

Sutherland R; Dietze PM; Gisev N; Bruno R; Campbell G; Memedovic S; Peacock A, 2020, 'Patterns and correlates of prescribed and non-prescribed pregabalin use among a sample of people who inject drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 568 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13083

Sutherland R; Peacock A; Nielsen S; Bruno R, 2020, 'Alprazolam use among a sample of Australians who inject drugs: Trends up to six years post regulatory changes', International Journal of Drug Policy, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102721

Palamar JJ; Acosta P; Sutherland R; Shedlin MG; Barratt MJ, 2019, 'Adulterants and altruism: A qualitative investigation of “drug checkers” in North America', International Journal of Drug Policy, 74, pp. 160 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.09.017

Sutherland R; Peacock A; Roxburgh A; Barratt MJ; Burns L; Bruno R; Peacock A, 2018, 'Typology of new psychoactive substance use among the general Australian population', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 188, pp. 126 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.034

Butler K; Day C; Sutherland R; van Buskirk J; Breen C; Burns L; Larney S, 2017, 'Hepatitis C testing in general practice settings: A cross-sectional study of people who inject drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 102 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.008

Bright DA; Sutherland R, 2017, '"Just doing a favor for a friend": The social supply of ecstasy through friendship networks', Journal of Drug Issues, 47, pp. 492 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022042617704004

Sutherland R; Bruno R; Peacock A; Lenton S; Matthews A; Salom C; Dietze P; Butler K; Burns L; Barratt MJ, 2017, 'Motivations for new psychoactive substance use among regular psychostimulant users in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 43, pp. 23 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.12.021

Sutherland R; Bruno R; Peacock A; Dietze P; Breen C; Burns L; Barratt MJ; Peacock A, 2017, 'New psychoactive substances: Purchasing and supply patterns in Australia', Human Psychopharmacology, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hup.2577

Matthews A; Sutherland R; Peacock A; Van Buskirk J; Whittaker E; Burns L; Bruno R, 2017, 'I like the old stuff better than the new stuff? Subjective experiences of new psychoactive substances', International Journal of Drug Policy, 40, pp. 44 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.11.004

Van Buskirk J; Roxburgh A; Bruno R; Naicker S; Lenton S; Sutherland R; Whittaker E; Sindicich N; Matthews A; Butler K; Burns L, 2017, 'Corrigendum to “Characterising dark net marketplace purchasers in a sample of regular psychostimulant users” [International Journal of Drug Policy 35 (2016) 32–37]((S0955395916000335)(10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.01.010))', International Journal of Drug Policy, 39, pp. 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.11.001

Karlsson T; Sutherland R; Butler K; Breen C, 2017, 'Forms of methamphetamine used in SA and recent use over time: 2007-2016', Drug Trends Bulletin, pp. 1 - 6, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/edrs-drug-trends-bulletin-december-2017-use-and-knowledge-darknet-markets-among-people-who

Van Buskirk J; Roxburgh A; Bruno R; Naicker S; Lenton S; Sutherland R; Whittaker E; Sindicich N; Matthews A; Butler K; Burns L, 2016, 'Characterising dark net marketplace purchasers in a sample of regular psychostimulant users', International Journal of Drug Policy, 35, pp. 32 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.01.010

Peacock A; Sindicich N; Dunn M; Whittaker E; Sutherland R; Entwistle G; Burns L; Bruno R, 2016, 'Co-ingestion of energy drinks with alcohol and other substances among a sample of people who regularly use ecstasy', Drug and Alcohol Review, 35, pp. 352 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12343

Sutherland R; Peacock A; Whittaker E; Roxburgh A; Lenton S; Matthews A; Butler K; Nelson M; Burns L; Bruno R, 2016, 'New psychoactive substance use among regular psychostimulant users in Australia, 2010-2015', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 161, pp. 110 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.01.024

Sutherland R; Sindicich N; Entwistle G; Whittaker E; Peacock A; Matthews A; Bruno R; Alati R; Burns L, 2016, 'Tobacco and e-cigarette use amongst illicit drug users in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 159, pp. 35 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.10.035

Sutherland RA; Entwistle G; Breen C, 2016, 'Stimulant and depressant overdose among a sample regular psychostimulant users in Australia, 2007-2015', EDRS Drug Trends Bulletin, July 2016, pp. 1 - 7, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/EDRS%20July%202016_FINAL.pdf

Stafford JA; Sutherland R; Burns L; Breen C, 2016, 'The 2016 EDRS key findings: A survey of people who regularly use psychostimulant drugs', EDRS Drug Trends Bulletin, October 2016, pp. 1 - 5, https://dlnstorage.blob.core.windows.net/drt101/1823/edrs-october-2016_final.pdf

Sutherland R; Sindicich N; Barrett E; Whittaker E; Peacock A; Hickey S; Burns L, 2015, 'Motivations, substance use and other correlates amongst property and violent offenders who regularly inject drugs', Addictive Behaviors, 45, pp. 207 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.01.034

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