Drugs and Driving
Drugs and driving – FFDLR comment following media speculation on methadone causing tragic accident. No one should drive while their capacity to do so is...
Category: Medical Perspective
HEROIN PRESCRIPTION:THE NEED FOR RATIONAL DRUG POLICY
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....
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?...
AMA supports needle and syringe programs for prisons
“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...
Medical Profession and Drugs
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...