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Category: Drug Policy

April 29, 2019 Drug Policy Harm Reduction Pill Testing

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...

March 15, 2019 Drug Policy Harm Reduction Opinion Piece Pill Testing

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...

February 21, 2019 Drug Policy Media Pill Testing

Response to QandA on Drugs

To watch the full QandA session or read the transcript click here. The ABC QandA program on Monday 18 February covered drug law reform issues...

February 21, 2019 Drug Policy Opinion Piece Prisons

INjustice reinvestment

IIt is difficult to imagine a more confused and confusing set of measures than those being pursued by the ACT government. On the one hand...

January 31, 2019 AGM Annual Report Canberra Drug Policy Series Drug Policy Harm Reduction Media Mental Health Pill Testing Presentations and Forums Published LTE Remembrance

President’s Annual Report 2018

2018 has seen an unprecedented amount of action in support of drug law reform. Most notably this has involved Uniting’s fair treatment campaign launched in...

December 13, 2018 Drug Policy Pill Testing

ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan

The ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan 2018-2021 (released on 11/12/2018) outlines ACT Government priorities to address and minimise harms from alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and...

December 3, 2018 Drug Policy Podcast

What is a church doing running a facility where illegal drugs can be used openly? And why?

This podcast by Amanda Tattersall from ChangeMakers gives an excellent history of the involvement in drug policy over many years of the Uniting Church. Many...

November 27, 2018 Drug Policy Pill Testing

Is Gladys Berejiklian more daring than she dares have us believe? – Bill Bush

In the October newsletter I had a go at the New South Wales Premier’s summary dismissal of pill testing following the death of two young...

November 18, 2018 Drug Policy Media Opinion Piece

Prohibition Causes the Harm: An Interview With Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform

An interview with Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform by Paul Gregoire, Sydney-based journalist and writer, writing for Sydney Criminal Lawyers https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/prohibition-causes-the-harm-an-interview-with-families-and-friends-for-drug-law-reform/

November 16, 2018 Drug Policy Newsletters

FFDLR Newsletter November 2018

Articles in this issue include Get behind fair treatment – fair go not criminalisation – Bill Bush Launch of Australia21 report – We all pay...

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