Effective, just, humane drug policies
Reducing the potential harms associated with drug use and drug policies
Treatment Equity Project
Advocating for a more affordable, accessible and equitable Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) in Australia.
Pill Testing Australia
Advocating for and providing evidence-based pill testing services Australia-wide.
Drive Change
Advocating for drug driving and medicinal cannabis reforms that are fair, equal and improve public health.
Our impact
HRA has a commitment to making change happen. Here’s some of our outcomes.
Opioid Treatment
Led a national advocacy campaign that resulted in ground-breaking reforms to the affordability of the Opioid Treatment Program for over 50,000 Australians
Pill testing
Conducted Australia’s first legal pill testing trial at a festival in the ACT in 2018 and delivered the first festival-based pill testing service in Qld in 2024
drug driving
Led nationwide campaign to reform current discriminatory drug driving laws against people prescribed medicinal cannabis
drug testing
Advocated on the negative impacts of workplace drug testing for people prescribed medicinal cannabis
Night Coach is a public health service provided by health professionals to deliver information and announcements aimed at reducing a range of drug-related harms in the community.
News
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Tobacco Harm Reduction Policy Brief
Adverse Effects of High Cigarette Taxation and the De Facto Prohibition of Vapes See HRA’s new Tobacco Harm Reduction Policy Brief to understand why Australia should urgently reform its current tobacco control strategy to an evidenced-based harm reduction approach including reducing tobacco excise, establishing a legal, regulated market for lower risk nicotine products and, shifting…
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The Use of Strip Searches & Drug Dogs in NSW Report
This report, produced by Harm Reduction Australia (HRA) and Redfern Legal Centre (RLC), summarises ten years of data on strip searches and drug dog detection in New South Wales and makes recommendations for change.
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Media Release on The Use of Strip Searches & Drug Dogs in NSW Report
New report shows over 80,000 strip searches conducted in 10 years, with more than 85% finding nothing. The report titled ‘The Use of Strip Searches & Drug Dogs in NSW’, based on 10 years of police data from 2014 to 2023, was released today by Harm Reduction Australia and Redfern Legal Centre.
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Opioid Tool Kit
This toolkit, produced by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Monash University and Pain Australia is design to provide a comprehensive guide to safer opioid use for people using pharmaceutical opioids by assisting them to develop a personalised safety plan and offering tools to measure health outcomes. The toolkit also has evidence-based information on opioids and…
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Nitazenes – a simple guide
There’s a lot of talk in the media and elsewhere about the recent upsurge in Nitazenes in the illicit drug supply in Australia. Like to know more? See our new fact sheet ‘Nitazenes – a simple guide’. The resource covers basic facts about Nitazenes, what they are, why they are a concern, what they look…
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Black Market Economics – Enforcement, Adaptation & the Paradox of Prohibition
This keynote presentation by Dr James Martin (HRA special adviser on tobacco harm reduction) at the recent Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association (VAADA) Conference explores the unintended consequences of drug law enforcement in Australia. It begins by examining longitudinal trends in drug arrests, seizures, and enforcement funding, highlighting the escalation of prohibition efforts. This is…