Inaction on drugs
The following letter was published in the Canberra Times on 25 April, 2017 following the inaction of the ACT Chief Minister on introducing pill testing...
Category: Drug Policy
Make drugs boring
Letter to the Editor, Canberra Times by Bill Bush of Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform “Prohibition hands control to criminals and stimulates demand...
Heroin deaths prompt renewed calls for Victorian safe injecting rooms
Heroin overdose deaths is what began Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform 21 years ago. It is most distressing that these deaths continue today...
Good move on suicide
The following letter by Bill Bush was published in the Canberra Times on 24/1/2017 Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform (FFDLR) applauds the Capital...
We Should ‘Just Say No’ to Australia’s Approach to Drugs
Gino Vumbaca, President of Harm Reduction Australia writes in the Huffington Post How many more people need to die before we change this flawed system?...
AUSTRALIA’S FLAWED DRUG POLICY
Gino Vumbaca, President of Harm Reduction Australia writes in the Huffington Post about Australia’s flawed drug policy and offers five changes that would make a...
Committee refuses to investigate the link between drug policy and suicide
In April 2016 Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform made a submission on the association between drug policy and suicide to the Standing Committee...
Alison Ritter: Calling for more humane drug policies
Professor Alison Ritter, Director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program at the UNSW-based National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, spoke at “UNSOMNIA: What keeps you...
Submission of FFDLR to the inquiry on Cannabis Use for Medical Purposes
Submission of FFDLR to the inquiry of the ACT Standing Committee on Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services into the exposure draft of the Drugs...
An open letter seeking evidence-based drug policies
Dear Prime Minister, A number of days ago you said that you were preparing to make an announcement on illicit drugs. You have also said...