...work and community made possible by the engagement, retention and stabilisation achieved by good drug treatment services embracing harm -reduction principles. This process requires time and patience. It is of...
...individuals, organisations and treatment services see the value of revising the drug laws. So, if our organisation is forced to close or wind back there are others who will continue...
...drug use and more crime. Let’s look at each of these claims. Availability of drugs and level of use The prohibition of existing illicit substances that the opposition insists...
...offenders, 2017-18, cat. no. 4519.0, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, data cubes, www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4519.0. Comment: ATODA continues to be concerned that, based on these figures, ACT Policing continues to target people...
...and that the principles for drug education in schools contained in the National School Drug Education Strategy are followed. Recommendation 11: Anti-drug media campaigns should: (a) be carefully designed so...
...that hinders the deployment of health and social interventions and the dissemination of credible information about the harmful impact of drugs. On the other hand the same government is pushing...
...drug users. The Bill is misnamed. It is far from confined to serious drug offences by large scale suppliers. It is a radical extension of Commonwealth legislative authority into the...
...and illicit drug substance abuse. The National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008 passes responsibility for drug and alcohol problems to the national drug strategy. The National Drug Strategy: Australia’s integrated framework...
...ways of caring for drug users and moving them towards rehabilitation. It is not right that some, the real criminals, profit from the importation and sale of illicit drugs. It...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-04/act-highest-rate-of-drug-induced-deaths-in-australia-research/101125712 Drug harm minimisation strategies include improved access to supervised consumption centres, greater education of how to safely use drugs, improved access to treatment clinics, and one significant change: decriminalisation....