According to the World Health Organisation, harmful use of alcohol accounted for approximately three million deaths in 2016, which represents 5.3 per cent of all deaths.
Harmful use of alcohol is a causal factor for more than 200 disease and injury conditions.
About 5.5% of the global population used psychoactive drugs in 2018, with 35 million people estimated to be affected by drug use disorders which, untreated, increase morbidity and mortality risk, and can trigger substantial suffering and the impairment of personal, social, family and occupational functioning.
Burnet is committed to addressing the health impacts of alcohol and other drug use through the application of behavioural and clinical research, treatment practice and community-based harm reduction programs based on sound evidence.
This website was developed with the generous support of a donor.
Burnet Institute (Australia) is located on the traditional land of the Boon Wurrung people and we offer our respects to their Elders past and present. We recognise and respect the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this land.
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