Professor Maree Teesson AC FAHMS, FASSA is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow, Director of the Matilda Centre & Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Prevention and Early Intervention in Mental Illness and Substance Use (PREMISE) at the University of Sydney. Prof Teesson is a former National Mental Health Commissioner (2018-2021), former member of NHMRC Council (2018-2021), an Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellow and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.

Mixed messages: policy considerations for the growing use of illicit substances as therapeutic agents in Australia
26 April 2023

Policymakers should draw on Australian and international lessons from prescribing cannabis to implement effective regulation for the medicinal use of MDMA and psilocybin.
Jack Wilson, Emily Stockings, and Maree Teesson
Tobacco, gambling, now alcohol: why Australia needs mandated alcohol warnings
12 January 2023

The harms and costs of alcohol to Australia are clear. Government needs to mandate effective messaging around alcohol consumption.
Rachel Visontay, Louise Mewton and Maree Teesson

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Mixed messages: policy considerations for the growing use of illicit substances as therapeutic agents in Australia

Tobacco, gambling, now alcohol: why Australia needs mandated alcohol warnings

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