“Modern-day leper”: How drug policy is isolating Canberrans from help
“If former Chief Minister Kate Carnell had been allowed to finish her proposed six-month trial of a safe-injecting room in Canberra, there would be no...
Category: Harm Reduction
Pill testing, safe injecting room support jumps in ACT as drug use goes up: AIHW
“The [National Drug Strategy Household Survey] survey found 57 per cent of Australians supported pill testing (around one-quarter opposed) while 47 per cent supported supervised...
Response to talk-back on Radio Canberra
The entry into effect today of the ACT cannabis legalisation legislation has been rather swamped by the bushfires and declaration of state of emergency call...
Media Release
Pushback against the NSW coroner’s findings in favour of pill testing confirm why her recommendations must be implemented immediately! “Our satisfaction with recommendations released today...
Letter to the Editor – Pill testing works
Letter to the editor of the Canberra Times was published in today’s paper – 6/9/2019. It was significantly edited but the original is copied here....
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...
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...
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...
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...