FFDLR Newsletter June 2019

...June, 7.30pm. We will be showing the Half a Million Steps documentary at this meeting. A Question of Tension: When will the feds let the ACT govern itself? What are...

International Family Drug Support Day – 24 Feb

...register to attend an event in your area if you can. Events are being held in Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Melbourne, and also in the USA. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CLb3Mg0i6d4...

What happens when we decriminalise drugs?

Life Matters with Hillary Harper https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/what-happens-when-we-decriminalise-drugs-/101389420 The ACT will soon become the first jurisdiction to decriminalise the possession and use of illicit drugs. It’s a pivot to treating drugs as...

ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan

...Strategy Action Plan 2018-2021 (released on 11/12/2018) outlines ACT Government priorities to address and minimise harms from alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and non-medical use of pharmaceuticals in the territory. https://www.health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-system/population-health/act-drug-strategy-action-plan...

Pill Testing

...a good overview – “Drug experts say yes. Many politicians say no. What’s the evidence for pill testing?” Written for ABC Health & Wellbeing by health reporter Olivia Willis https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2018-12-21/guide-to-pill-testing-at-australian-music-festivals/10638732...

Triple J Hack – Drugs

Triple J Hack frequently posts articles about Drug Legislation and Issues, and stories from the perspectives of Drug Users. https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/drugs/ Here is a sample of some of their stories we...