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Can Australia respond to drugs more effectively and safely?
Roundtable report of law enforcement and other practitioners, researchers and advocates. Sydney, September 2015 […]
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Reducing drug harm through decriminalisation and regulation makes good sense
The case for a fundamental change in Australia’s drug strategy has been rendered even more compelling by the release of a report by some of the nation’s most well-informed people about a policy failure that continues to cause countless unnecessary deaths. […]
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Ice epidemic not a criminal issue: experts
The Australian government’s current approach to the ice epidemic is only “digging a deeper hole” and progressive policy is needed, say two drug addiction experts. A “harsh” approach is not just ineffective but counter-productive, Dr Matthew Frei and Dr Alex Wodak write in the Medical Journal of Australia. […]
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Thousands march against Duterte’s war on drugs, ‘violence culture’
Thousands of Catholic faithful gathered in the Philippine capital in a “show of force” today to protest against the extrajudicial killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug war. The rally, called the “Walk for Life”, gathered 20,000 people, according to the organisers. […]
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Talking tough appeals more to pollies than fixing our drug problems
We need to decriminalise the personal use of drugs so people with problematic drug use are able to engage with our health services rather than hide for fear of prosecution. We must establish and build upon the innovative lifesaving programs that we know already work well — programs such as heroin…
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The ABC’s ‘Ice Wars’ Is Exploiting Vulnerable Addicts
What (we) don’t need is the ABC piling even more pressure on them with stories and interviews that are ethically and factually questionable. The focus on the extreme individual situations in these programmes are likely to fill families with despair rather than hope. We have witnessed many successful treatment outcomes from…
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Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Inquiry into Crystal Methamphetamine
Read a joint submission from Harm Reduction Australia (HRA), Students for Sensible Drug Policy Australia (SSDP) and the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Inquiry into Crystal Methamphetamine. […]
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Melb Uni students to get drug test kits
Melbourne University’s student union will provide free drug testing kits for students who want to ensure their party drugs are what they are supposed to be. […]
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Trudeau talks tough on cannabis legalisation
Crucially, Trudeau stressed his preference for legalisation, as opposed to decriminalisation, which he feels does not do enough to shut down the criminal market and to prevent children from consuming cannabis. […]
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Police key to battling ice scourge in Northern Territory and Australia
Ted Noffs Foundation’s Matt Noffs said many people blamed police officers for exacerbating problems with ice, but frustrated police officers also wanted change. He said the most powerful tool for a police officer was “discretion”. According to Mr Noffs, supervised drug consumption rooms where drug users could access clean equipment,…
