FFDLR Newsletter August 2018
Items in this newsletter include: The Criminal Code and Other Legislation Amendment Comments on the draft ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan FFDLR meeting Thursday 23rd…
JOHN MENADUE Drug reform series
From Monday 6 August Pearls and Irritations will be posting fifteen articles on the need for drug reform. Alex Wodak, President of the Australian Drug...
National MATOD Summit Report
A Better System for Better Outcomes – National Medicated Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence (MATOD) Summit Media Release New report says opioid treatment is unaffordable...
Johann Hari: TED Talk
Johann Hari’s TED talk on what addiction really is, and why Portugal’s system of decriminalization works. Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
An evening with Manuel Cardoso – video by Unharm and Uniting
Please check out Uniting’s full version of the evening here.
Submission of FFDLR to the inquiry of Removing Commonwealth Restrictions on Cannabis Bill 2018
SUBMISSION OF FAMILIES AND FRIENDS FOR DRUG LAW REFORM TO THE INQUIRY OF THE SENATE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE INTO THE CRIMINAL CODE AND...
FFDLR Newsletter June 2018
Items in this newsletter include: FFDLR meeting Thursday 28th June at 7:30. Guest speaker Bernadette Bryant, member of FFDLR. Addressing homlessness An evening with Manuel...
Australian Pill Testing Pilot Report Released
This report was released on 20 June, 2018. Recommendations & future directions from the pill testing pilot are as follows: 1. That further front-of-house pill...
An evening with Manuel Cardoso, the man who helped reform Portugal’s drug policy.
Members of Families and Friends (Bill and Marion) were delighted to meet Manuel Cardoso, at St Stephen’s Uniting Church in Sydney on Tuesday 5 June...
Volunteer Week BBQ
Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform, along with other not-for-profit organizations, was invited by Andrew Leigh MP to attend a barbeque to celebrate volunteer...