Effective, just, humane drug policies
Reducing the potential harms associated with drug use and drug policies
Treatment Equity Project
Advocating for a more affordable, accessible and equitable Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) in Australia.
Pill Testing Australia
Advocating for and providing evidence-based pill testing services Australia-wide.
Drive Change
Advocating for drug driving and medicinal cannabis reforms that are fair, equal and improve public health.
Our impact
HRA has a commitment to making change happen. Here’s some of our outcomes.
Opioid Treatment
Led a national advocacy campaign that resulted in ground-breaking reforms to the affordability of the Opioid Treatment Program for over 50,000 Australians
Pill testing
Conducted Australia’s first legal pill testing trial at a festival in the ACT in 2018 and delivered the first festival-based pill testing service in Qld in 2024
drug driving
Led nationwide campaign to reform current discriminatory drug driving laws against people prescribed medicinal cannabis
drug testing
Advocated on the negative impacts of workplace drug testing for people prescribed medicinal cannabis
Night Coach is a public health service provided by health professionals to deliver information and announcements aimed at reducing a range of drug-related harms in the community.
News
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Opioid Tool Kit
This toolkit, produced by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Monash University and Pain Australia is design to provide a comprehensive guide to safer opioid use for people using pharmaceutical opioids by assisting them to develop a personalised safety plan and offering tools to measure health outcomes. The toolkit also has evidence-based information on opioids and…
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Nitazenes – a simple guide
There’s a lot of talk in the media and elsewhere about the recent upsurge in Nitazenes in the illicit drug supply in Australia. Like to know more? See our new fact sheet ‘Nitazenes – a simple guide’. The resource covers basic facts about Nitazenes, what they are, why they are a concern, what they look…
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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 of prohibition efforts. This is…
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Solutions Not Stigma – Community Voices on Drug Law Reform
This report presents findings from the 2024 Drug Policy Survey. The survey is a collaborative effort between three allied organisations Harm Reduction Australia (HRA), Family Drug Support (FDS), and Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) Australia. The Drug Policy Survey is an ongoing research initiative that has involved conducting a series of national membership surveys…
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Reform for Roadside Drug Testing in NSW
This report provides an overview of recent data provided to the Legislative Council by the Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism in New South Wales on 10 September 2024, with regards to roadside drug tests conducted over the last 5 years (by Local Area Command), number of positives by drug type and whether there has been…
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HRA 2024 National AOD Data Report
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the key national data sources on alcohol & other drugs (AOD) and harm reduction in 2024. Although Australia has established routine data monitoring systems and national surveys on AOD issues, currently there is an absence of a centralised national report that collates key information from each of these…