CLASSIFICATION OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES: WHEN SCIENCE WAS LEFT BEHIND
The Global Commission on Drug Policy The purpose of The Global Commission on Drug Policy is to bring to the international level an informed, science-based...
FFDLR Newsletter June 2019
Items in this newsletter include: Fair Treatment – Half a Million Steps is currently being shown at Dendy Cinemas in Newtown and Circular Quayhttps://www.dendy.com.au/events/half-a-million-steps-682 NEXT...
ATODA Research eBulletin – May 2019
Research Findings How strong is evidence for depot injection treatment for opioid use disorder? Any progress yet in defining and understanding the contested concept of...
THE UN CHIEF EXECUTIVES BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES DECRIMINALISATION OF PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS.
A new position statement on drug policy from the the United Nations Chief Executives Board (CEB), chaired by the UN Secretary General and representing 31 UN...
Half a Million Steps – Premiere Screening
In October 2018, as part of the Fair Treatment campaign, 100 supporters walked the 500,000 steps from Dubbo to Sydney to highlight the distance a...
Submission of FFDLR to the Australian Productivity Commission into the Social and Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health
Introduction This paper argues that the burden of mental illness in Australia is in a large measure increased by the coincidence of illicit drug abuse...
Great results from the 2nd pill testing trial
Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform wishes to congratulate Dr David Caldicott, Gino Vambuca, Matt Noffs and all those involved in the successful pill...
FFDLR NEWSLETTER APRIL 2019
This newsletter includes the Drug Policies of the 3 parties – Labor, Liberal and the Greens. This will be helpful reading before the Federal Election...
I ran a police force and I’m not soft on drugs. This is why I am backing a pill testing trial
An opinion piece by retired AFP officer and lawyer who was the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police. There is wide support for a pill...