Paula O'Brien

Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy

Daniel Perkins, Hugh Brophy, Iain McGregor, Paula O'Brien, Julia Quilter, Luke McNamara, Jerome Sarris, Mark Stevenson, Paula Glesson, Justin Sinclair, Paul Dietze

Journal article  |  2021  |  International Journal of Drug Policy

Background Recent shifting attitudes towards the medical use of cannabis has seen legal access pathways established in many jurisd..

WHO should not support alcohol industry co-regulation of public health labelling

Paula O'Brien, Tim Stockwell, Kate Vallance, Robin Room

Journal article  |  2021  |  ADDICTION

Reducing the Power of the Alcohol Industry in Trade and Investment Agreement Negotiations Through Improved Global Governance of Alcohol Comment on "What Generates Attention to Health in Trade Policy-Making? Lessons From Success in Tobacco Control and Access to Medicines: A Qualitative Study of Australia and the (Comprehensive and Progressive) Trans-Pacific Partnership".

Paula O'Brien

Journal article  |  2021  |  Int J Health Policy Manag

The power of the alcohol industry pervades the global governance of alcohol. The influence of the industry is seen in trade and in..

Alcohol Marketing and Social Media: A Challenge for Public Health Control

Robin Room, Paula O'Brien

Journal article  |  2021  |  Drug and Alcohol Review

In public health terms, alcohol is no ordinary commodity. It accounts not only for a substantial portion of the world’s burden of ..

Alcohol Labelling Rules in Free Trade Agreements: Advancing the Industry's Interests at the Expense of the Public's Health

Deborah Gleeson, Paula O'Brien

Journal article  |  2021  |  Drug and Alcohol Review

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) included novel rules for wine and spirits requiring parties to allow wine and spirit..

COVID-19: PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY POWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS IN AUSTRALIA

Paula O'Brien, Eliza Waters

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF LAW AND MEDICINE

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, governments in all jurisdictions (except New South Wales) have declared states of emerg..

Industry Submissions on Alcohol in the Context of Australia's Trade and Investment Agreements: A Content and Thematic Analysis of Publicly Available Documents

Mia Miller, Claire Wilkinson, Robin Room, Paula O'Brien, Belinda Townsend, Ashley Schram, Deborah Gleeson

Journal article  |  2021  |  Drug and Alcohol Review

Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for death and disability, responsible for 3 million deaths in 2016. The alcohol industry is a..

Cancer Warning Labels on Alcohol Containers: A Consumer’s Right to Know, a Government’s Responsibility to Inform, and an Industry’s Power to Thwart

Tim Stockwell, Robert Solomon, Paula O’Brien, Kate Vallance, Erin Hobin

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Although the World Health Organization (WHO) declared alcohol a Class 1 carcinogen 30 years ago, few governments have communicated..

If One Thai Bottle Should Accidentally Fall: Health Information, Alcohol Labelling and International Investment Law

Andrew Mitchell, Paula O'Brien

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of World Investment and Trade

This article considers the issues that would arise in a dispute under an international investment agreement about two innovative, ..

Warning Labels about Alcohol Consumption and Pregnancy: Moving from Industry Self-regulation to Law

Paula O'Brien

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Law and Medicine

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy carries known risks to the foetus in the form of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). One..