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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…
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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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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. […]
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‘The country, the whole region, is being flooded’: tracking meth to Australia
From Myanmar to Brisbane, journalist Conor Woodman followed the drug from origin to end users. He answers 10 questions about what he found […]
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Debbie’s son overdosed. She thinks this state’s push for drug testing is a ‘no brainer’
The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA), with the support of 77 health and community organisations, published a statement on Monday pushing for the Victorian government to implement a drug-checking service and early warning system in the state. […]
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NSW Labor MP speaks out in support over pill testing
The trial would not require new legislation and could be achieved through “existing frameworks”, said Murphy, a former president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. He said NSW Health could issue licences to existing drug-checking services like Pill Testing Australia. […]
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Girls as young as 12 and 13 are being strip-searched by NSW Police
From July 2022 to June 2023, three primary-school-aged girls and six 13-year-old girls were strip-searched, meaning they had to remove or move clothing because police believed they were concealing drugs or a weapon. […]
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Greens want debate on pill testing after music festival deaths
Harm Reduction Australia and Pill Testing Australia president Gino Vumbaca said drug-checking services could not operate without the support of government and the police. “The bill would remove any doubt about our permission to operate,” he said. “Politicians are way behind the community when it comes to what people support.…
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NSW on-the-spot fines for drug use and possession a ‘double-edged sword’, expert says
The NSW government announced this week that police would be given the power to issue up to two on-the-spot $400 fines to adults for personal drug use and possession of a small quantity of illicit drugs. […]