@article{ref1,
title="The contribution of research to Australian policy responses to heroin dependence 1990-2001: a personal retrospection",
journal="Addiction",
year="2004",
author="Hall, Wayne",
volume="99",
number="5",
pages="560-569",
abstract="Periodic public concern about heroin use has been a major driver of Australian drug policy in the four decades since heroin use was first reported. The number of heroin-dependent people in Australia has increased from several hundreds in the late 1960s to around 100,000 by the end of the 1990s. In this paper I do the following: (1) describe collaborative research on heroin dependence that was undertaken between 1991 and 2001 by researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre; (2) discuss the contribution that this research may have made to the formulation of policies towards the treatment of heroin dependence during a period when the policy debate crystallized around the issue of whether or not Australia should conduct a controlled trial of heroin prescription; and (3) reflect on the relationships between research and policy-making in the addictions field, specifically on the roles of investigator-initiated and commissioned research, the interface between researchers, funders and policy-makers; and the need to be realistic about the likely impact of research on policy and practice.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0965-2140",
doi="10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00717.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00717.x"
}