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Media Release: A Caution Can Save A Life…
HRA backs expansion of cannabis cautioning, but says legal reform still needed… Harm Reduction Australia (HRA) welcomes moves to expand access to cannabis cautioning in Victoria but says the reform should be understood as an important harm reduction measure, not a substitute for broader cannabis law reform. Read full media release…
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HRA Submission to DAP Program Logic & KPIs
HRA took the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Drug and Alcohol Program (DAP) Program Logic and KPIs, which will inform the development of the new Grant Opportunity Guidelines (GOGs) for the Commonwealth Department of Health, Disability & Ageing. We are particularly concerned about the absence of harm reduction as…
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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…
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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…
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Harm Reduction Australia talks with Antony Loewenstein
Register now to see the 7:00pm Wed 5th June 2024 live interview with world renowned author and commentator Antony Loewenstein at https://sage.fm/harmreductionaustralia/loewenstein-madden The first in a series of Harm Reduction Conversations. […]
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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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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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Novel drugs are leading to rising overdose deaths in Victoria – drug checking services could help
Many of the harms people experience from using illegal drugs are a result of unregulated supply. Drugs may be contaminated, or completely substituted with something unexpected. They may also be of variable and unknown dosage or strength. […]
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The ACT is decriminalising small amounts of illicit drugs in a move to treat addiction as a health issue. How will that help users?
Substances like heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine will still be illegal. But rather than facing the possibility of a criminal charge, people caught with small amounts of these and other drugs will be cautioned, fined or referred to a drug counselling program. […]
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Pill testing service could return to Spilt Milk 2023 festival in Canberra
A deal’s not done until it’s done, of course, but Mr Vumbaca is hopeful after failing to get anywhere with hundreds of other insurers. If he is right, pill-testing at the festival on November 25 would be there just after possession of small amounts of drugs was decriminalized on October…
