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Want a healthier, safer CBD? Open an overdose prevention centre
The journey to establish an overdose prevention service – also known as a supervised injecting room – in Melbourne’s CBD started 25 years ago. The first injecting room in the CBD was proposed in the mid-1990s attracting widespread support from the community, health sector and the then Kennett government, but failed…
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Weak politics prevents drug reform
When I first left the bench, I was approached by a group of enthusiastic, committed young medicinal cannabis entrepreneurs and activists to lead DriveChange – a lobby group for the driving rights of patients. […]
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VIDEO: Calls for pill testing ahead of summer festival season
Advocates for drug testing have called on NSW Premier Chris Minns to introduce it ahead of the busy Summer festival season – ABC […]
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VIDEO: Confusion around regulations for workers who use medical cannabis
David Heilpern Interview – calls have emerged for reforms to address the lack of valid impairment tests for people on medical cannabis at work. […]
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What will the ACT’s new drug decriminalisation laws actually mean?
In recent weeks, the debate over the laws has heated up. While it is unknown what effect the reforms will have on drug use, here’s what the law says. […]
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The quiet champions of pill testing preventing “harrowing” deaths
This is the spot where Professor Mal McLeod goes quietly about the business of saving lives in the Canberra region, though the analytical chemist is slow to embrace the lifesaver tag. […]
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Advocates say Australia’s war on drugs has ‘failed’. Is decriminalisation the answer?
Annie Madden is the executive director of Harm Reduction Australia, an advocacy organisation focused on reducing potential harms from both drug use and drug policies and laws. […]
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Keep Our City Alive – 2nd MSIR for Melbourne
Join us in calling on the Victorian Government to open a CBD supervised injecting service to save lives and connect people to the supports they need […]
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Calls for Tasmanian drug policy overhaul as report reveals devastating impact on injecting users
Criminalisation pushes people to the margins of society, stigmatises people, it cuts them off from supports, like housing and jobs, and it stops them from seeking help […]
