ABSTRACT In 2017, the New South Wales Police Force in Australia embarked on a bold
new social media strategy, harnessing humorous Internet memes and cute images of police …

Background Dance festivals have been shown to be high-risk events for use of drugs such
as ecstasy/MDMA and possible adverse effects associated with use. However, few studies …

Background: Discourses around MDMA are often predominantly concerned with identifying
risk and characterizing harm. Reluctance from Australian governments to reform drug policy …

Introduction There are few contemporary data on illicit drug use at music festivals. We
describe drug use patterns and prevalence of specific higher‐risk drug‐related behaviours …

Background Harms associated with the use of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) in licensed
entertainment settings (LES) and outdoor music festivals (OMF) are ongoing public health …

Background Alerts about changes in unregulated drug markets may be useful for supporting
health and community workers to anticipate, prevent, and respond to unexpected adverse …

Globally, calls for drug law reform are growing. Importantly, many argue that reforms should
be guided by human rights. These calls, while welcome, assume a shared understanding of …

This article considers the alarming escalation in the use of strip-searching on the part of the
New South Wales police over the past decade and its connection with street-level drug …

Background The use of drug detection dogs and other punitive policing methods remain
common at music festivals in Australia and elsewhere, despite concern about iatrogenic …

Introduction Despite increasing evidence challenging the effectiveness and legality of police
drug dog operations, these strategies remain common. We aimed to describe drug dog …