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Australia ranks third for opioid deaths: national drug crisis revealed
The extent of Australia’s drug crisis has been revealed, with the country following the United States and Canada to rank third for the highest number of opioid overdose deaths. […]
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A free, legal drug checking service is being set up in three cities around Aotearoa.
The new service is now available at community clinics in Wellington and Christchurch five days a week, and four days a week in Dunedin. […]
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CanTEST on their first 1000 drug tests
Canberra’s drug checking site has now tested 1000 substances. The harm reduction service reported a majority of users disposing of their illicit drugs when testing found they contained unexpected and dangerous substances. ABC’s Adam Shirley spoke with Stephanie Stephens, the Director of Service Delivery at Directions Health. […]
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Joint Letter to Health Minister re Vaping Changes
Joint-Vaping-Letter-to-the-Federal-Health-Minister-29May2023Download […]
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Tasmanian Decriminalisation Bill 2023
HRA Submission TAS-Decriminalisation-Bill-2023-–-HRA-Submission-March-2023Download […]
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Does Australia have an opioid addiction crisis?
According to Dr Jennifer Schumann, overprescribing is leading to unused opioids in the home that can lead to accidental addiction and, tragically, overdose. […]
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Churchill Fellowship Report to investigate effective public health policies for preventing opioid misuse
Jennifer Schumann – Harm Reduction Australia & Pill Testing Australia colleague […]
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Churchill Fellowship Report on visiting leading international drug checking services to rapidly improve the analytical chemistry capabilities in Australia
Mal McLeod – lead analyst for Pill Testing Australia […]
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Drive Change Submission to Law Reform Commission of NSW
David Heilpern, Lead of Drive Change, an organization auspiced by HRA to lobby for change to the drug driving laws for prescribed medicinal cannabis patients. […]
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No doubting the need, Melbourne needs a second safe injecting room
If there is a lesson to be learnt from Melbourne’s first safe-injecting room in North Richmond, which the state government finally made permanent this month after a five-year trial, it’s that the success of such a facility relies on appeasing the community as much as managing what goes on inside. […]
