Methadone, and other similar opioid replacement therapies (ORT), have been used for decades in countries including Australia, and are designed to reduce craving and withdrawals associated with opioid dependence.
Dispensions biometric opioid vending machines ready for Canada-wide-roll-out The device was used in the MySafe project pilot, the first to involve Opioid Dispensing Kiosks and...
http://connections.edu.au/opinion/understanding-impact-opioid-agonist-treatment-reducing-crime By Dr Natasa Gisev, Scientia Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research CentreIn a recently published study, we examined the link between opioid agonist treatment...
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...
Drugs and driving – FFDLR comment following media speculation on methadone causing tragic accident. No one should drive while their capacity to do so is...
This is the video from the seminar held on 27 July, 2017 to commemorate 20 years since the Federal Government abandoned the Heroin Prescription Trial....
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...
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?...
“BBVs are a major health problem in our prisons, which is no surprise given that many people are in custody for drug-related offences in the...
The Green’s recently announced a change in policy direction on drugs. There was a predictable backlash with distinct lack of support from the AMA. The...