August 2016 Newsletter

The August 2016 Newsletter is now online. It contains information on ACT October Election and Election Forum Overdose Awareness Day, Jack Waterford’s Canberra Times article on the ineffectiveness of current...

July 2016 Newsletter

The July Newsletter is now online and contains information about initiatives in August from the Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA), reports on a number of conferences we...

June 2016 Newsletter

The June Newsletter is now online including: Brian McConnell’s Order of Australia Medal Brian McConnell’s Funeral and many thoughts from members...

May 2016 Newsletter

The FFDLR Newsletter May 2016 is now online featuring Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy (CAPaD) CANBERRA DECLARATION ON ILLICIT DRUGS important background information for the upcoming elections and much more....

The war on drugs has failed

Taken from the online bmj: The war on drugs has failed: doctors should lead calls for drug policy reform Subtitle: Evidence and ethics should inform policies that promote health and...

April 2016 Newsletter

The April Newsletter April 2016 is now online. Featuring highlights from the UN Drug Summit, the successful grant for Hepatitis C Awareness Activities for the AIVL, insights into the link...

ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan

...Strategy Action Plan 2018-2021 (the Action Plan) 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-systempopulation-health/act-drug-strategy-action-plan...

Drug induced deaths at highest rate since late 90s – ABS

...with the death rate steadily increasing over a decade and now at 7.5 deaths per 100,000 Australians – data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows. http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/3303.0~2016~Media%20Release~Drug%20Induced%20Deaths%20Increase%20in%202016%20(Media%20Release)~9...