About the Authors

Louisa Degenhardt

l.degenhardt@unsw.edu.au

Affiliations National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Alize J. Ferrari

Affiliations Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Bianca Calabria

Affiliation National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Wayne D. Hall

Affiliations University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, National Addiction Centre, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom

Rosana E. Norman

Affiliations School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

John McGrath

Affiliation Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Abraham D. Flaxman

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Rebecca E. Engell

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Greg D. Freedman

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Harvey A. Whiteford

Affiliations Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Theo Vos

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LD WDH HAW. Analyzed the data: LD AJF BC RE GF ADF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ADF. Wrote the manuscript: LD AJF BC WDH REN JM ADF RE GF HAW TV. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: LD AJF BC WDH. Reviewed, edited and approved the manuscript: LD AJF BC WDH REN JM ADF RE GF HAW TV.