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Category: Harm Reduction

August 6, 2020 Harm Reduction Pill Testing

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...

July 16, 2020 Drug Policy Harm Reduction

“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...

July 16, 2020 Harm Reduction Pill Testing

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...

February 1, 2020 Cannabis legislation Harm Reduction Legislation

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...

November 8, 2019 Drug Policy Harm Reduction Inquiries Media Pill Testing

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...

September 6, 2019 Harm Reduction Pill Testing Published LTE

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....

May 30, 2019 Drug Policy Harm Reduction Medical Perspective Treatment

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...

May 30, 2019 Drug Policy Harm Reduction

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...

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...

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