DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD
The need for a health-focused legal response to drug useReport by the Australian Lawyers Alliance released this month.President of FFDLR recommends this report and it can...
Category: Harm Reduction
Inquiry and review into alcohol, tobacco and other drug harm reduction policy
Inquiry and review into alcohol, tobacco and other drug harm reduction policy and programs provided in the ACT and an evaluation of future options It...
FFDLR Newsletter March 2020
Next FFDLR meeting via Zoom: Thursday 25 March, 7:30 pm A lot is happening in the DLR space that needs our support and input. It would be great if you could join in this Zoom meeting to discuss the best way FFDLR can contribute. An invitation to the meeting will be sent separately.
The Greens – Reducing harm from drug and alcohol use
https://greens.org.au/act/reducing-harm-drugs-alcohol The Greens want to create a safe, healthy and connected community, by ensuring people are not impacted by significant health, social, legal and economic...
“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...
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...