FFDLR NEWSLETTER APRIL 2019
This newsletter includes the Drug Policies of the 3 parties – Labor, Liberal and the Greens. This will be helpful reading before the Federal Election...
Category: 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...
The Pill Gamble
Link to SBS Insight’s first episode of 2019 ‘The Pill Gamble’ preview. Additional articles about Pill Testing can also be found on this page. Unlike...
Response to QandA on Drugs
To watch the full QandA session or read the transcript click here. The ABC QandA program on Monday 18 February covered drug law reform issues...
Q&A on Drug Law Reform issues
Below is an invitation to join ABC TV’s Q&A for its Drug Policy special on February 18. It is really important to have people in...
Notes on Pill Testing by FFDLR
The value of pill testing as a harm reduction measure that saves lives and reduces the risk of other serious harm
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...
Drug checking as a harm reduction tool for recreational drug users: opportunities and challenges
Background paper commissioned by the EMCDDA for Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/document-library/drug-checking-pill-testing-harm-reduction-tool-recreational-drug-users-opportunities-and-challenges_en
Blaming the parents
Letter to the Canberra Times – Unpublished Dear Editor The column (“Why parenting can’t be outsourced to a pill tester”, January 3, p18) brings a...
Blaming the kids
Letter to the Editor of Canberra Times – Published 07/01/2019 Frustration infuses so much of the media reporting of defiant young music festival goers. How...