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: Resources
Drug Stigma Research Workshop
The Australian Drug Foundation in conjunction with Uniting’s Fair Treatment campaign and the New Zealand Drug Foundation commissioned Common Cause to identify messaging that is...
Dispension’s biometric opioid vending machines ready for Canada-wide roll out
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...
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2020
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2020 reveals that for the fifth year running, more than 2,000 Australians lost their lives to overdose in a single calendar year.
National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2019: detailed findings
Australian Institute of Health and WelfareT national-drug-strategy-household-survey-2019 The 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey report showed that: fewer Australians are smoking tobacco daily, while the...
Understanding the impact of opioid agonist treatment in reducing crime
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...
CLASSIFICATION OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES: WHEN SCIENCE WAS LEFT BEHIND
The Global Commission on Drug Policy The purpose of The Global Commission on Drug Policy is to bring to the international level an informed, science-based...
What are the trends in recorded drug crimes in the ACT and Australia?
From ATODA’s May 2019 eBulletin The ABS has released the Recorded crime— offenders data for the 2017-18 year, and for the pre-ceding decade. With respect...
ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan
The ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan 2018-2021 (the Action Plan) outlines ACT Government priorities to address and minimise harms from alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and...
How is Australia responding to the pharmaceutical opioid problem?
Dr Gabrielle Campbell, NHMRC Australian Public Health Early Career Fellow at NDARC, UNSW. In the last twenty years there have been substantial increases in the...