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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…
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Mother of teenager who died at Sydney music festival urges Minns government to introduce pill testing
Ms Ross-King and her family have campaigned for active measures to reduce drug-related risks, including pill testing. “The premier, government, governments before them … they want young people to change their behaviour,” she said. “They are not going to change their behaviour. The government needs to change their behaviour.” […]
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They save lives and keep the public safe. Should there be more of these rooms in Australia?
The Victorian government is facing renewed pressure to “save lives” by creating more safe injecting rooms, but experts explain stigma could be leading to “cold feet”. […]
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Drug-detection dogs are wrong more than right, data reveals
NSW Police drug-detection dogs incorrectly detect illicit substances on patrons 75 per cent of the time, raising questions about the efficacy of enforcement as the state’s festival season starts. […]
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Health experts say Victoria should prepare struggling drug therapy system for fentanyl influx
Victorian public health experts have warned an influx of the opioid fentanyl will result in thousands of overdoses due to the state’s ill-equipped drug therapy system. […]
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Waiting for a crisis: Fears as NSW enters festival season without drug reform
Harm Reduction Australia has offered to run a free pill testing trial at any festival of the NSW government’s choosing, but has been told no decisions will be made until after a drug summit. […]
