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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“We’re Very Sorry”…
Formal apology letter to the 1.3 billion people who smoke cigarettes globally from the public health community… If you are interested in tobacco harm reduction check out this powerful open apology letter published on Substack by Dr Mark Tyndall (MD ScD FRCPC) that sets out why he was moved to issue a public apology to…
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From Red Tape to Person-Centred Care
Reforming Australia’s Opioid Treatment Program Read our opinion piece published in Bio Pharma Dispatch to support the launch of our new Opioid Treatment Program Policy Brief today. Read here…https://pharmadispatch.com/news/reforming-australias-opioid-dependence-treatment-program-from-red-tape-to-person-centred-care
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Opioid Treatment Program Policy Brief
Reforming Australia’s Opioid Treatment Program Investing in Access, Equity & Sustainability Australia’s Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) is a critical, evidence-based response to opioid dependence, that provides access to life-saving pharmacotherapy medications. HRA’s new Opioid Treatment Program Policy Brief outlines some of the key challenges facing the OTP in Australia and provides a series of evidence-based recommendations…
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Tobacco Harm Reduction Policy Brief
Adverse Effects of High Cigarette Taxation and the De Facto Prohibition of Vapes See HRA’s new Tobacco Harm Reduction Policy Brief to understand why Australia should urgently reform its current tobacco control strategy to an evidenced-based harm reduction approach including reducing tobacco excise, establishing a legal, regulated market for lower risk nicotine products and, shifting…
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The Use of Strip Searches & Drug Dogs in NSW Report
This report, produced by Harm Reduction Australia (HRA) and Redfern Legal Centre (RLC), summarises ten years of data on strip searches and drug dog detection in New South Wales and makes recommendations for change.
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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 Legal Centre.