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Queensland to introduce pill testing in move away from ‘1950s …
Queensland will roll out pill-testing sites in an attempt to curb the harmful effects of illicit drugs. […]
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“Get on with the job”: Greater push for injecting room as health teams face more CBD overdoses
Pointing to new data that revealed an increase in heroin overdose deaths, Cohealth says some “would still be alive” if a safe injecting facility was available in the CBD. […]
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Queensland Announces Drug Law Reform but is the ‘Devil in the Detail’?
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Support Medical Cannabis Driving Law Reform!
Drive Change is launching this campaign to focus on lobbying relevant law enforcement stakeholders to push for fair and equal drug-driving laws for patients who are legally prescribed medicinal cannabis. Drive-Change-Press-Prelease-2023Download […]
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Dominic Perrottet’s hardline stance on drugs is ‘magical thinking’, says pill testing advocate
Those comments prompted a rebuke from David Caldicott, an emergency doctor and one of the architects of the ACT’s CanTest program, the country’s first dedicated pill-testing regime. […]
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Calls to exclude medicinal cannabis users from new SA drug-driving rules
Dean of Law at Southern Cross University and campaign lead for Drive Change, David Heilpern, urged Police Minister Joe Szakacs to allow an amendment for people with a THC prescription from a doctor. […]
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Naloxone program gaining traction, but many unaware about life-saving drug
Almost 17,000 Australians have used a life-saving drug that treats opioid overdoses, but experts say more awareness is needed that the drug is safe, free and does not require a prescription. […]
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The Australian Greens are moving ahead with the first national plan to legalise cannabis.
Senator David Shoebridge, on behalf of the Greens, has obtained compelling constitutional law advice that provides a path forward for Federal Parliament to legalise cannabis for adult use across the country. […]
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Australia becomes first country to recognise psychedelics as medicines
Associate Professor David Caldicott, an emergency department doctor who appeared at the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide to advocate the drugs be used for returned soldiers suffering from psychological trauma, said he was pleasantly surprised by Friday’s decision. […]
