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Put morality aside — drug liberalization works, says ex-New Zealand PM
Speaking ahead of the launch of a report showing that the world is failing to reduce HIV and viral hepatitis cases among people who inject drugs, Clark said measures such as drug consumption rooms, needle exchanges and decriminalization would help make progress in combating these infectious diseases. […]
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Australia: Medically supervised injecting centres
In Sydney, the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (‘MSIC’) is located at 66 Darlinghurst Rd, Potts Point, across the street from Kings Cross Station. It has supervised over 1.26 million injections and managed 11,205 overdoses. It has been able to offer 22,000 referrals to ongoing care and support accepted by people attending the centre. […]
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Experts Have Renewed Calls To Legalise Pill Testing: Here’s How It Works & Where Things Are At
The Greens have renewed their calls for free pill testing, in an urge to the Victorian Labor Government to take up an offer to establish a free pill testing trial. It calls growing calls from all around Australia, as experts say pill testing is essential to saving lives. The offer was made by Harm Reduction Australia and Pill Testing Australia,…
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Correspondence to Victorian Premier re Pill Testing
At an event at Parliament House today, PTA offered a cost-free trial of its public health based pill testing service to the Victorian Government – the offer is supported and endorsed by a variety of unions and organisations. Media-Alert-Victorian-Pill-Testing-Trial-15-Nov-2023Download Letter-to-Victorian-Premier-re-Pill-Testing-Trial-15-Nov-2023Download […]
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Wide Support for Cannabis Legalisation in Senate Submissions
There is strong support from more than a dozen key stakeholders across the country for the Greens plan to legalise cannabis. The support comes from organisations as diverse as the Pennington Institute, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform, Australian Lawyers Alliance, Drive Change and Harm Reduction Australia. […]
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B.C. doctors, nurses sign open letter in support of Drug User Liberation Front
Some B.C. doctors and nurses have signed an open letter supporting the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) in Vancouver, whose founders may be facing drug trafficking charges because of their illegal compassion club program. […]
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NSW police sniffer dogs incorrectly detect drugs on patrons despite costing taxpayers $46m over past decade
Between 1 January 2013 and 30 June this year, 94,535 general and strip-searches were prompted by the dogs but nearly 75% of these searches yielded no illicit drugs […]
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Urgent warning reignites calls to fix serious problem affecting young Aussies
Dr David Caldicott, Clinical Lead for Pill Testing Australia and CANTest, who provide festival and fixed-site health and drug checking services in the ACT, told Yahoo News Australia that Canberra has offered other states, like NSW, free trials. […]
