By Professor Alison Ritter

Journal articles

Vuong T; Ritter A, 2013, 'Not to Lose Sight of the Bigger Picture: The Case of Therapeutic Communities (TC) Research in Closed Settings in Thailand', Substance Use and Misuse, 48, pp. 793 - 794, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2013.791320

Lancaster K; Ritter A; Stafford J, 2013, 'Public opinion and drug policy in Australia: Engaging the ‘affected community’', Drug and Alcohol Review, 32, pp. 60 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00497.x

Hughes C; Phillips B; Ritter A; Cowdery N, 2012, ''TRAFFICKING' OR 'PERSONAL USE': DO REGULAR DRUG USERS UNDERSTAND AUSTRALIAN DRUG TRAFFICKING LAWS?', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 31, pp. 53 - 53, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700163&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2012, 'A CONSERVATIVE SHIFT IN DRUG POLICY (?): EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 31, pp. 19 - 19, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700061&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lancaster K; Hughes CE; Chalmers J; Ritter A, 2012, 'More than problem-solving: Critical reflections on the 'problematisation' of alcohol-related violence in Kings Cross', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 925 - 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00516.x

Ritter A, 2012, 'UNRAVELLING DRUG POLICY: MANY THREADS', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 31, pp. 73 - 73, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700225&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Ritter A; Matthew-Simmons F; Carragher N, 2012, 'Why the alcohol and other drug community should support gay marriage', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00410.x

Frewen A; Molan J; Ritter A; Bell J, 2012, 'A new approach to developing clinically-based guidelines: the experience of developing guidelines for management of drug dependent women and neonates and for cannabis dependence', International Journal of Person-Centered Medicine, 2, pp. 870 - 877, http://www.ijpcm.org/index.php/IJPCM/article/view/300

Ritter A, 2012, 'Alison Ritter on Friedman et al.'s "Has United States drug policy failed? And how could we know?"Policy as structured interaction, engaging multiple voices', Substance Use and Misuse, 47, pp. 1406 - 1407, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2012.723555

Gong W; Ritter A; Bright DA; Doran CM, 2012, 'How profitable is methamphetamine dealing in Australia?', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 122, pp. 208 - 212, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871611004339

Lancaster K; Hughes CE; Chalmers JJ; Ritter A, 2012, 'More than problem-solving: Critical reflections on the ‘problematisation’ of alcohol-related violence in Kings Cross', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 925 - 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00516.x/full

Buykx P; Ritter A; Loxley W; Dietze P, 2012, 'Patients who attend the emergency department following medication overdose: Self-reported mental health history and intended outcomes of overdose', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 10, pp. 501 - 511, http://www.springerlink.com/content/775q146462l67500/

Chalmers JJ; Ritter A, 2012, 'Subsidising patient dispensing fees: The cost of injecting equity into the opioid pharmacotherapy maintenance system', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 911 - 917, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00472.x

Ritter A; Matthew-Simmons F, 2012, 'What does the research evidence tell us about what Australians think about the legal status of drugs?', DPMP Bulletin Series, 21, pp. 1 - 2, http://www.dpmp.unsw.edu.au/DPMPWeb.nsf/resources/BULLETIN5/$file/DPMP+Bulletin+21.pdf

Ritter A; Matthew-Simmons F; Carragher N, 2012, 'Why the alcohol and other drug community should support gay marriage: Editorial', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00410.x/pdf

Ritter A, 2011, 'Is quantity more important than quality?', Addiction, 106, pp. 2067 - 2068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03504.x

Ritter A, 2011, 'PRESENTATION 4-TRANSLATING RESEARCH FINDINGS IN THE AREA OF INJECTING DRUG USE', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 30, pp. 27 - 27, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297019700080&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2011, 'PUBLIC OPINION AND DRUG POLICY: ENGAGING THE 'AFFECTED COMMUNITY'', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 30, pp. 52 - 52, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297019700158&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Matthew-Simmons F; Shanahan M; Ritter A, 2011, 'Reported value of cannabis seizures in Australian newspapers: Are they accurate?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 21 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00189.x

Ritter A; Chalmers J, 2011, 'The relationship between economic conditions and substance use and harm', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00282.x

Bright DA; Ritter A, 2011, 'Australian trends in drug user and drug dealer arrest rates: 1993 to 2006-07', Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 18, pp. 190 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218711003739524

Ritter A, 2011, 'Ensuring the policy relevance of population health research: experiences from the Drug Policy Modelling Program', NSW Public Health Bulletin, 22, pp. 19 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB10062

Murray JM; Ritter A, 2011, 'Findings regarding reduced prevalence with hepatitis C treatment are still valid: a reply to Vickerman et al', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 113, pp. 86 - 87, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T63-5119FTB-4/2/1da704a3e06e8182fdff46a2d32dd183

Ritter A, 2011, 'Is quantity more important than quality? Commentary on Humphreys and McLellan (2011)', Addiction, 106, pp. 2067 - 2068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03504.x/full

Matthew-Simmons F; Shanahan MD; Ritter A, 2011, 'Reported value of cannabis seizures in Australian newspapers: are they accurate?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 21 - 25, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00189.x/full

Lee N; Jenner L; Baker AL; Ritter A; Hides L; Norman J; Kay-Lambkin F; Hall K; Dann F; Cameron J, 2011, 'Screening and intervention for mental health problems in alcohol and other drug settings: Can training change practitioner behaviour?', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, 18, pp. 157 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687631003727847

Chalmers JJ; Ritter A, 2011, 'The business cycle and drug use in Australia: Evidence from repeated cross-sections of individual level data', International Journal of Drug Policy, 22, pp. 341 - 352, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MiamiImageURL&_cid=271958&_user=37161&_pii=S095539591100051X&_check=y&_origin=search&_zone=rslt_list_item&_coverDate=2011-09-30&wchp=dGLzVlS-zSkWz&md5=89f1b72986cb0e5cd05f92b4a11f7dc6/1-s2.0-S095539591100051X-main.pdf

Ritter A; Chalmers JJ, 2011, 'The relationship between economic conditions and substance use and harm', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00282.x/full

Ritter A, 2011, 'The role of research evidence in drug policy development in Australia', Politicka misao, 48, pp. 141-156, http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=119724

Dunlop A; Ritter A; Templeman D; Berends L; Linzteris N, 2010, 'SYMPOSIUM - NATIONAL HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE REFORM AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT: THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD OR STUCK IN THE BACKBLOCKS?', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 29, pp. 23 - 24, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000284895600054&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Buykx P; Dietze P; Ritter A; Loxley W, 2010, 'Characteristics of medication overdose presentations to the ED: how do they differ from illicit drug overdose and self-harm cases?', Emergency Medicine Journal, 27, pp. 499 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2009.075549

Ritter A, 2010, 'Conceptualising 'balance' in national drug policy', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 349 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00210.x

Matthew-simmons F; Shanahan MD; Ritter A, 2010, 'Estimating the street value of a cannabis plant in Australia', DPMP Bulletin Series, 19, pp. 1 - 2, http://www.dpmp.unsw.edu.au/DPMPWeb.nsf/resources/BULLETIN4/$file/DPMP+Bulletin+19.pdf

Ritter A, 2010, 'Illicit drugs policy through the lens of regulation', International Journal of Drug Policy, 21, pp. 265 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.11.002

Buykx P; Loxley W; Dietze P; Ritter A, 2010, 'Medications used in overdose and how they are acquired - an investigation of cases attending an inner Melbourne emergency department', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34, pp. 401 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00573.x

Ritter A; Bammer G, 2010, 'Models of policy-making and their relevance for drug research', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 352 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00155.x

Zeiler I; Langlands TA; Murray JM; Ritter A, 2010, 'Optimal targeting of Hepatitis C virus treatment among injecting drug users to those not enrolled in methadone maintenance programs', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 110, pp. 228 - 233, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T63-4YYGPNG-1/2/fdcaccba640e0cc879679e1def9e1354

Bright DA; Ritter A, 2010, 'Retail price as an outcome measure for the effectiveness of drug law enforcement', International Journal of Drug Policy, 21, pp. 359 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.12.001

Bright DA; Ritter A, 2009, 'A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ILLICIT DRUG SEIZURES: WHAT DO SEIZURES REALLY MEAN?', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 28, pp. A5 - A6, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270916300018&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Grech K; Gong W; Ritter A, 2009, 'ESTIMATING GOVERNMENT DRUG POLICY EXPENDITURE IN AUSTRALIA', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 28, pp. A25 - A25, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270916300078&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Matthew-Simmons F; Shanahan M; Ritter A, 2009, 'REPORTED VALUE OF CANNABIS SEIZURES IN AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS: ARE THEY ACCURATE?', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 28, pp. A42 - A42, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270916300126&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Gong W; Ritter A; Bright DA; Doran C, 2009, 'REVIEW OF ECONOMIC EVALUATION METHODS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST DRUGS', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 28, pp. A25 - A25, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270916300076&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Ritter A, 2009, 'INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL INTO THE 21ST CENTURY', HEALTH SOCIOLOGY REVIEW, 18, pp. 341 - 342, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000272751300015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Bammer G; Ritter A; Kutin JJ; Lintzeris N, 2009, 'Fast-tracking implementation through trial design: the case of buprenorphine treatment in Victoria', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 33, pp. 34 - 39

Ritter A, 2009, 'How do drug policy makers access research evidence?', International Journal of Drug Policy, 20, pp. 70 - 75

Ritter A, 2009, 'Methods for comparing drug policies-The utility of composite Drug Harm Indexes', International Journal of Drug Policy, 20, pp. 475 - 479

Ritter A; Clemens S, 2008, 'Estimating the prevalence of individuals likely to use publicly funded alcohol treatment services: an indirect estimation technique', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 504 - 508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230802093752

Ritter A; McDonald D, 2008, 'Illicit drug policy: Scoping the interventions and taxonomies', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, 15, pp. 15 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687630701204344

Dray A; Mazerolle L; Perez P; Ritter A, 2008, 'Policing Australia’s heroin drought: using an agent-based model to simulate alternative outcomes', Journal of Experimental Criminology, 4, pp. 267 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11292-008-9057-1

Ritter A, 2008, 'Speaking truth to power', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 113 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230701858453

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